The Congressional Budget Office report that found the health legislation would cut the deficit by $140 billion over 10 years boosted Democratic momentum and pulled fiscally conservative moderates behind the bill, the Financial Times reports. The legislation would cost $940 billion over that period, but various new taxes, spending cuts and savings would more than cover the cost. In the second decade, the CBO estimates, it would reduce the deficit by more than $1 trillion... 
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