Tags: health care reform

Dems send Obama final health measure

(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. more »
| Posted in News, Washington D.C. - Congress, President Barack Obama
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Front row seat for Rosa

Scores of Senators and Representatives are at the White House to watch President Obama sign the health care reform legislation. more »
| Posted in News, Sen. Chris Dodd (D), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-3rd)
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How New England voted on health care

With New England having all Democratic members of the House of Representatives, it's not a surprise that they all voted in favor of passing the health care reform plan. more »
| Posted in News, Washington D.C. - Conn. Delegation, Rep. John Larson (D-1st.), Rep. Joe Courtney (D-2nd), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-3rd), Rep. Chris Murphy (D-5th), Rep. Jim Himes (D-4th)
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Dems predict historic health care vote

House Democrats are predicting that a rare Sunday session will produce one of the most significant legislative triumphs in decades: passage of a historic bill to overhaul the nation's health care system to provide coverage to millions of people who currently lack it. more »
| Posted in News, Washington D.C. - Congress
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Obama rallies support

President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend's health care vote in stark terms Friday, using words uttered so rarely out of the White House that they seem all but banned: "If this vote fails." more »
| Posted in News, President Barack Obama
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Ohio Rep switches to yes on health care

Democratic Rep. John Boccieri of Ohio is switching his vote to "yes" on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. more »
| Posted in News, Washington D.C. - Congress
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Obama's health care summit

President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are pleading their case for health care overhaul in an extraordinary summit with Republicans, broadcast live to a divided public on daytime TV. more »
| Posted in News, Washington D.C. - Congress, President Barack Obama
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Dodd: "It is a great, great day"

Speaking with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others this morning, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd called the impending passage in the Senate of a health care reform bill makes this "a great, great day for our country." more »
| Posted in News, Sen. Chris Dodd (D)
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