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Washington is pulling out all stops to keep Terri Schiavo alive, to the dismay of her 'beloved' husband. In a rare Sunday session, the U.S. House of Representatives will debate a deal aimed at pushing the Florida case into federal court and restoring the feeding tube that has kept Terri Schiavo alive for the past 15 years. In the case pitting Christian conservatives against right-to-die activists. President Bush cut short a vacation at his Texas ranch to return to Washington in anticipation of signing a bill that may keep a brain-damaged woman alive, in a case pitting Christian conservatives against right-to-die activists reports Reuters.
"The president intends to sign legislation as quickly as possible once it is passed," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. "This is about defending life."
A deal on the bill, which could be approved by Monday, was forged on Saturday, 24 hours after doctors removed the 41-year-old woman's feeding tube under a Florida court order. Terri would survive two weeks without tube
Schiavo's husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo, has long argued -- and has been supported by the courts -- that his wife would not have wanted to live in such a condition.
He accused Congress of political opportunism and "trampling all over a personal family matter that has been adjudicated in these courts for seven years."
He vowed to fight on. "I made that promise to her and I'm going to hold it out," he told CNN.
Terri Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, have persistently appealed, believing their daughter responds to them and could improve with treatment.
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