Monday, March 22, 2010
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A look at the health care overhaul bill (AP)
AP - Congressional Democrats released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of passage Sunday by the House. Some features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve:
House Roll Call: Changes to Senate health bill (AP)
AP - The 220-211 roll call Sunday by which the House passed the Reconciliation Act of 2010, including key changes to the Senate health care bill.
Obama lauds House for passing health care bill (AP)
AP - Capping a long day and a consuming political journey, President Barack Obama celebrated the passage of health care legislation with hugs, high fives and an emboldened attitude. Said the president to the nation, "Tonight, we answered the call of history."
House sends health care overhaul bill to Obama (AP)
AP - A transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage.
Obama achieves health law success that eluded past (AP)
AP - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment has come.
House Passes Historic Health Care Overhaul (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - House Democrats passed their landmark health care overhaul on a party-line 219-212 vote late Sunday night, an achievement that leaders said was akin to the enactment of Social Security and Medicare and one that is expected to be a key issue in determining whether many of the party's vulnerable members win re-election in November.
Huge win for Obama, but maybe not House Dems (Politico)
Politico - The victory, almost inconceivable a month ago, provides an immense, immediate boost for Obama.
House boosts college aid for students in need (AP)
AP - Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students and moves President Barack Obama closer to winning yet another of his top domestic policies.
House passes Democratic changes to health bill (AP)
AP - The House has passed key changes to its just-approved overhaul of health care legislation. The changes are part of a prearranged agreement to guarantee passage of the historic legislation.
Stupak called 'baby killer' (Politico)
Politico - The House rep. says Republicans are just trying to keep Americans from affordable health care.
Pelosi's persistence pays off in final health care push (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already made the history books, and now she's written a new chapter in wielding power.
Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated (AP)
AP - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
French regional elections seen as test for Sarkozy (AP)
AP - WHO VOTES: Any of France's 45 million registered voters.
SUNSHINE WEEK: Q&A with the open records ombudsman (AP)
AP - As part of Sunshine Week, when news organizations highlight the importance of government openness, the nation's new Freedom of Information Act ombudsman, Miriam Nisbet, took part in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.
Even before House vote on healthcare bill, legal challenges loom (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As congressional leaders and the White House push to attract the remaining votes needed to pass a healthcare reform measure this weekend, opponents are poised to take their fight to the courts, and potentially all the way to the US Supreme Court.
Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists (AP)
AP - The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans.
Toyota Criticism Mounts on Eve of Recall Hearings (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.’s handling of
recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the
automaker’s U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that
the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.
