Democrats send Obama final health measure (AP)

Friday, March 26th, 2010 at 1:32 am  
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, front right, D-Md.; with, from left, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; George Miller, D-Calif.; Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; Hoyer; and Dale Kildee, D-Mich., speaks to the media following the passage of the Health Insurance and Student Loan Reforms Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP – Congressional Democrats sent the final piece of landmark health care legislation to President Barack Obama before heading home to face a skeptical — and sometimes even threatening — electorate.


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Senate Democrats kills GOP health amendments (AP)

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 12:32 am  
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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. gestures while speaking during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 24, 2010. From left are, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Dodd, Dr. Cecil Wilson, of Winter Park, Fla., the incoming President of the American Medical Association, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – Working well past midnight, a weary Senate was mowing down a parade of Republican proposals aimed at undercutting President Barack Obama’s signature health care law as Democrats push toward final passage of the companion piece to his overhaul plot.


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Democrats express safety concerns after protests (AP)

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at 1:43 pm  
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AP – House Democrats are expressing concerns about their personal protection following protests over health care legislation.

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McCain said Democrats have not heard end of debate (AP)

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 5:47 am  
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi answers questions after after the health care vote on Capitol Hill. The House passed the health care reform legislation that divided Congress with a vote of vote of 219 to 212.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AP – Sen. John McCain says Democrats who championed the historic health care bill that passed the House haven’t heard the last of the issue, predicting reprisals at the polls and in the courts.


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Obama, Democrats show command of health care votes (AP)

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 7:47 pm  
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a large gavel as she emerges from a Democratic Caucus meeting with from left, Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., John Lewis, D-Ga., and at right is Rep. Jim Clyburn, on Sunday, March 21, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP – Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.


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