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Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House
Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Washington on Saturday.
House Passes Health Care Bill
House Passes Health Care Bill
abcnews.go.com — Photo: President Obama's Last Minute Appeal to House Democrats House Passes Health Care Bill
House passes key hurdle on health
House passes key hurdle on health
washingtonpost.com — House passes key hurdle on health-care legislation Debate expected to last at least four hours, vote on landmark reform scheduled this evening Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 7, 2009; 1:55 PM House passes key hurdle on health
House Passes Health Care Reform Bill [Breaking]
jezebel.com — newVideoPlayer("/pelosi110709_jez.flv", 500, 375,""); By a vote of 220-215, the House of Representatives has just passed H.R. 3962, or The Affordable Health Care For America Act. 219 Democrats voted... House Passes Health Care Reform Bill [Breaking]
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Saturday Night Special [Open Thread]
Gawker — ... . There's a new Saturday Night Live tonight, and the house is nearing a health care vote. So, yeah: health care vote, comin' up on the floor . Taylor Swift, comin' up on SNL. How excited are we? Not much, if you can't tell. At this point, a Taylor Swift SNL feels overdone, and it hasn't even been done yet. Yes, Kanye West is going to be in one of the skits, and I'm sure it'll be as cute as the time he was in a skit with Mike Meyers after whole "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" thing. And the health care bill: all this debate, for what? A piece of legislation that's ...

House Votes To Kill Your Grandmother & All Christians, 220-215
Wonkette » top — ... will have some sort of effect on the 2010 elections, the pundits are saying. Wow. Give it up to Nancy Pelosi with the whippage, you guys. She’s passed two enormous, signature bills (this and energy) with a caucus that includes two polar opposite blocs, either of which could kill a bill if it wanted to, and both of which are constantly threatening to do that exact thing. And now health care, like energy, will go to the Senate and somehow emerge as a cap gains tax cut. Hooray! [NYT] ...

Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House-NY Times
STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — Picture 36 After a daylong clash with Republicans over what has been a Democratic goal for decades, lawmakers voted 220 to 215 to approve a plan that would cost $1.1 trillion over 10 years. Democrats said the legislation would provide overdue relief to Americans struggling to buy or hold on to health insurance . “This is our moment to revolutionize health care in this country,” said Representative George Miller , Democrat of California and one of the chief architects of the bill. Democrats were forced to make major concessions on insurance coverage for abortions to attract the final votes to secure passage, a wrenching compromise for the ...

House Pass Health Care Reform Bill, 220-215
Gothamist — ... A House Republican joined 219 Democrats to vote for the landmark health care reform bill last night in the House of Representatives, enabling the bill to pass 220 votes to 215. Rep. John Dingell (D-Michigan), who has ...

WATCH: Greta, Shep, Brit Get the SNL Treatment... With Surprise Guest (Hint: He Gets Choked Up)
mediabistro.com: TVNewser — ... Twenty minutes after health care reform passed in the House, the Fox News team, a parody of them anyway, got the coveted lead-off segment on Saturday Night Live: ...

Ceremonial, Mostly Meaningless
Hollywood Elsewhere — Ceremonial, Mostly Meaningless The House's passage of the House Healthcare Reform Bill just barely squeaked through -- 220 to 215. A nice event and a victory for Barack Obama, but the bill will be watered down if not gutted by its opponents in the Senate. What happened last night is certainly better than nothing, but all we're likely to get at the end of the road is a de-balled version of the Swiss health care system. Public option, adieu. The footprints of cowards, eternal disrepute, stinks to high heaven.

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