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Boston Globe
US health care bill backed by House of Representative   - 4 Hours ago
The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest domestic health care overhaul in a half-century, clearing an important hurdle for President Barack Obama as he seeks to implement his top domestic
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NBC Los Angeles
House approves bill to overhaul healthcare   - 3 Hours ago
By John Whitesides and Donna Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades
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Obama's healthcare reforms passed   - 6 Hours ago
President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reforms have been passed by the US House of Representatives. The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed the legislation, with a 220-215 vote in favour
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Obama's health care bill clears major hurdle   - 3 Hours ago
The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest domestic health care overhaul in a half-century, clearing an important hurdle for President Barack Obama as he seeks to implement his top domestic
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Obama visits Hill as U.S. health care vote looms   - 10 Hours ago
Questions about an abortion-related provision had threatened to derail the health care bill in the House. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: 35 Democrats plan to vote no on legislation that needs 218 votes to pass
  
    



D.C.'s 'Failure to Launch' national health care policy   - 4 Hours ago
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's health care bill includes a provision that would allow parents to keep their children as dependents on their health care policies until age
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Too young for social-networking sites?   - 6 Hours ago
A growing number of children are flouting minimum-age requirements on social-networking sites such as Facebook. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Facebook, MySpace require users to be 13, but the sites can't really enforce
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Biggest overhaul of healthcare in US history approved   - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives Heeding Obama's appeal to 'answer the call of history,' lawmakers late Saturday capped 12 hours of bitter debate with a 220-215 vote. The bill amounts
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Washington Sketch: No shortage of Republican objections during House health-care   - 8 Hours ago
The debate was only a few minutes old when Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) rose to speak. 'I ask unanimous consent -- ' 'I object!' shouted Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), the leader of House conservatives. ' -- to
  
    


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Obama statement on health care legislation   - 2 Hours ago
's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation: Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is poised to take
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Obama met House Democratic leaders as final push for health care reform   - 6 Hours ago
U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday made a rare visit to Congress and met with House Democratic leaders, as his last-minute push for a health care reform that was expected to be passed later the day.
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Obama wins victory in US healthcare vote   - 4 Hours ago
LATEST: On a narrow 220-215 vote, the House endorsed a bill that would expand coverage to nearly all Americans and bar insurance practices such as refusing to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions.
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Pelosi Health Care Plan: Who Pays the Surtax?   - 2 Hours ago
The House legislation to enact Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) health care plan relies on a large surtax to pay for it. The surtax is 5.4 percent on personal income of single filers with over $500,000 and
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Michigan Democrats help health care bill squeak through House   - 3 Hours ago
Washington -- Michigan's 15 House members split along party lines Saturday night on a health care bill that Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, praised for putting "us closer to the day when the cost of medical
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Obama hails 'historic vote' to remake health care   - 8 Hours ago
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama late Saturday hailed the House of Representativesâ?? â??historic voteâ? to remake US health care and said he was sure of signing the ambitious overhaul in 2009.
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Obama Makes 11th Hour Healthcare Appeal   - 4 Hours ago
US President Barack Obama has made a last-minute appeal to Democrats to give his $1.2 trillion (£723bn) healthcare programme the green light. The landmark legislation - central to his election campaign
  
    



Pelosi: Obama visit inspired Democrats   - 5 Hours ago
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House o... House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass
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House passes health care bill by slimmest of margins   - 55 Minutes ago
(NECN/ABC) - It was a squeaker, but in the end President Obama got what he wanted. The House of Representatives, meeting in a rare, late night Saturday session, passed a health care reform bill, but
  
    



Obama wins big as House approves historic healthcare bill   - 87 Minutes ago
The bill amounts to a 10-year, trillion-dollar plan to extend health coverage to some 36 million Americans who lack it now
  
    



Obama Healthcare Bill Gets the Thumbs Up   - 66 Minutes ago
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Obama To Speak To House Dems As Health Vote Nears   - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.
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Drudge, WND distort health care bill to fearmonger about cost of insurance, possibility   - 7 Hours ago
Matt Drudge and WorldNetDaily.com both falsely asserted that, in Drudge's words, the House health care reform bill states that people must "buy a $15,000 policy or go to jail." In fact, as stated by
  
    



FROM THE FLOOR: Healthcare protesters crowd House gallery   - 9 Hours ago
The visitors gallery in the House chamber remained packed on Saturday evening as lawmakers on both sides of the healthcare debate pleaded their case on the floor below.Throughout the afternoon debate,
  
    



Featured Ignite Video: Visualizing the US Senate by Social Graph   - 11 Hours ago
Sign Inor Sign Up now! Andrew is fascinated by supposed coalitions that have developed in the Senate. He shows us how he used available govenment data from 1991-present to build his own data model. This
  
    



HUD Combats Discrimination   - 14 Hours ago
The federal government is poised to enact rules to combat discrimination on loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration.
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