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The amendment goes beyond longstanding prohibitions against public funding for abortions, limiting abortion coverage even for women paying for it without government subsidies. The abortion issue had been rumbling within the House Democratic caucus for weeks, but Saturday's votes revealed the...
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    Healthcare reform jumps a hurdle After a knock-down, drag-out fight in Congress, Democrats have secured a historic victory toward US healthcare reform The United States took a historic leap toward universal healthcare on Saturday, when the House of...
  • News Source: National Public Radio | 12 days ago
    The Stupak amendment to the House bill, restricting abortion coverage, removed a big hurdle for Cao, a devout Catholic, to vote yes...Cao wants the feds to forgive $1.27 billion in disaster loans made to aid the recovery from Hurricane Katrina, and...
  • News Source: CNN | 12 days ago
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  • News Source: Seattle Times | 12 days ago
    But President Barack Obama has pledged that overhauling health care overhaul will not add to the growing federal budget deficit. Obama has also promised not to raise taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year. The House bill attempts to abide...
  • News Source: Alternet | 12 days ago
    Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster Healthcare Bill, Says Public Option Is "Unnecessary" Posted by Amanda Terkel , Think Progress at 5:00 AM on November 9, 2009. Lieberman calls it a "matter of conscience." Share and save this post:          ...
  • News Source: 10 News | 13 days ago
    Reaction to this weekend's passage of the health reform bill in the House of Representatives broke along party lines in San Diego's congressional delegation, as did their votes. The two San Diego Democrats, Susan Davis and Bob Filner, voted for the...
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    Joe Lieberman showed no sign of dropping his filibuster threat on Sunday morning, when he pledged to help kill any health care reform that includes a public option. The Hill reported last week that the Connecticut senator had reached a ...
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    In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democrate House passed a health care bill to expand coverage to tens of millions Americans. The bill was voted by one Republican, Joseph Cao, his vote making the bill nominally bipartisan.
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    Update: The Democrats' health care reform bill passed the House on Saturday night by a vote of 220-215. Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.), who represents a district that voted 75% for President Barack Obama, was the only Republican to vote in.
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    healthcareprotester Lindsey Graham: I hope and pray House health reform bill fails Appearing on CBS program Face the Nation on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned the House health reform legislation that passed Saturday night ...
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    Senator Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) declared on Sunday that the health care legislation passed by the House of Representatives would be "dead on arrival" in the Senate, in part because his friend and colleague, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.
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