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Flurry of activity as health care zero hour approaches

Jon Ward Contributor
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A vote on health care is not scheduled until Sunday, but the two intervening days promise to be full, busy, and chaotic.

Here’s the rundown of things happening Friday morning.

9 a.m. – House Democrats are meeting as a group in the Cannon Office Building (Room 345) to go over the health care bill.

10:40 a.m. – Rep. John Boccieri, an Ohio Democrat who voted against the health care bill in November, will announce which way he intends to vote this time (Room HC-6 of the Capitol).

11 a.m. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi conducts her weekly press conference, in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol.

11:35 a.m. – President Obama speaks at a rally for his health care plan at George Mason’s Patriot Center.

11:45 a.m. – House Minority Leader John Boehner holds a press conference.