AZ House passes Medicaid expansion in Brewer win

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Rep. Karen Fann, R-Prescott, left, rips up an amendment to a bill that is pulled prior to vote, as Rep. Frank Pratt, R-Casa Grande, looks up in a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House passed an $8.8 billion state budget that includes Medicaid expansion early Thursday and puts Gov. Jan Brewer one Senate vote away from a huge political victory as she embraces a signature part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law.

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