Democrats do not have 216 healthcare votes - Schultz_

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - Democrats don't yet have the 216 votes needed to pass a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system in the House of Representatives, Democratic Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz said on Sunday. "I think we will have the votes," Wasserman Schultz said on the Fox News Sunday program. "We don't have a hard 216 right now." (Writing by Paul Simao, Americas Desk; editing by Anthony Boadle) Keywords: USA HEALTHCARE/SCHULTZ (Washington World Desk, +1 202-898-8457) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved.

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