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Published: November 5, 2009

WASHINGTON - In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health-care overhaul legislation headed for a floor vote, officials told The Associated Press yesterday.

An endorsement from AARP was critical when then-President George W. Bush pushed the Medicare prescription-drug benefit through a closely divided Congress in 2003.

The Democratic House leadership hopes to have the overhaul legislation on the House floor for a vote on Saturday.

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