Health Care overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are assailing Democrats over their plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that "anyone who endorses this strategy will be forever remembered for trying to claim they didn't vote for something they did."

Democrats say no final decision has been made on the complex strategy. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to shield lawmakers from having to vote directly on a Senate-passed health care bill because it's unpopular with House Democrats.

Instead, under her favored approach, lawmakers would approve a rule for debate that would deem the Senate bill passed once a smaller package of fixes to the larger bill has also passed.