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New York Times:
House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill — Lawmakers in the House voted 220 to 215 on Saturday night to approve a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system. Only one Republican voted for the bill, and 39 Democrats opposed it, including 24 members of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition.
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New York Times:
Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House — WASHINGTON — Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system on Saturday night, advancing legislation that Democrats said could stand as their defining social policy achievement.
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
Democratic no votes — House Democratic leadership saw 39 of their members vote against the bill and, with one Republican yes vote, Democrats passed sweeping health reform legislation 220-215. While the reasons these Democrats have offered for opposing the $1.2 trillion bill vary …
Rayne / Firedoglake:
Stupak Amendment Passes; 64 Dems Ask for Primary Opponents — [Ed. note: At 11:01 p.m. ET we are now watching the final vote for H.R. 3962, the health care bill itself. Stay tuned here for more coverage.] — Do you like that headline? Because that's what I'm feeling right …
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The Hill:Dems: ‘We have the votes’ — Democratic leaders believe …
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Jason Rosenbaum / NOW! Blog:Call today to defeat the Stupak anti-abortion amendment
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Michelle Malkin:
Health care takeover roll call vote — and what GOP Rep. Joseph Cao got from Obama; Plus: Organizing for America hustles more money — The final 220-215 roll call vote on passage of the House Dems' government health care takeover bill is here. — And here is the 240-194 roll call vote …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
The GOP vote: Why Cao said ‘yes’ — Despite his promise to replicate his first legislative victory as whip, when all Republicans in the House opposed President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill, Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was not able to produce unanimous GOP opposition on the healthcare measure.
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Joseph Cao:
Cao Votes for “Life”; Achieves Legislation to Protect the Health of All Americans — Tonight, Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA-2) voted in favor of the comprehensive health reform bill, H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. — Of his vote, Cao said: “Tonight …
Jeffrey Goldberg:
When Muslims Commit Violence — A consensus seems to have formed here at The Atlantic that the Ft. Hood massacre means not very much at all. Megan McArdle writes that “there is absolutely no political lesson to be learned from this.” James Fallows says: “The shootings never mean anything.
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Telegraph:
Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists — Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a “spiritual adviser” to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001. — Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster House Bill: The Public Option Is ‘Unnecessary’ — This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) about the House's historic passage of health care legislation last night. Lieberman said that as a “matter of conscience …
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Liberty dies with thunderous applause — Doug Mataconis totally beat me to this one. As I was writing a few posts this morning, I had in my mind a to-do list that included searching for the Star Wars Episode III scene where the emperor basically shreds liberty in the galactic senate on Coruscant …
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Lee Stranahan / The Huffington Post:
Kucinich's Brave Health Vote Vs. Obama's Failed Promise — There were plenty of cowardly votes in the House last night but there was only one truly brave one. The unsung hero of the night was Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich. Despite enormous pressure to support H.R. 3962, Rep. Kucinich did the right thing and voted ‘no’.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Call White House, Ask for Barack — The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has become a bad play. It is obvious that all the parties are just acting out the same old scenes, with the same old tired clichés — and that no one believes any of it anymore.
Guardian:
East Germans lost much in 1989 — For many in the GDR, the fall of the Berlin Wall and unification meant the loss of jobs, homes, security and equality — On 9 November 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down I realised German unification would soon follow, which it did a year later.
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jerrypournelle.com:
Health Care Bill Day — Unemployment is over 10%. It wasn't supposed to get that high. TARP was supposed to fix that. — Meanwhile today may be the most important vote in Congress since the days of the New Deal. If the health care bill passes, it will fundamentally convert …
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