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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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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 …
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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New York Times:Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling
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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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New York Times:Little Evidence of Terror Plot in Base Killings
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Telegraph:Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists
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Associated Press:George W. Bush Visits Fort Hood, Wounded Soldiers
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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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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 …
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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CNN:
Lone GOP vote came after call from President Obama — Washington (CNN) - Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao was the only Republican to vote in favor of the Democratic health care bill that passed the House late Saturday, a vote that came after President Obama called to personally to ask for his support, Cao told CNN.
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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Michelle Levi / CBS News:
Graham: House Bill “D.O.A.” in the Senate — Would Filibuster Health Care Reform with Public Option, Declaring “Liberal” House Bill Would Mean “Disaster” — (CBS) Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the health care bill passed last night by the House of Representatives is “dead on arrival to the Senate.”
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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’.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Is this the high-water mark for ObamaCare? — The Democrats wheedled, cajoled, begged, and finally abandoned its defense of abortion — truly a watershed moment — in order to get their version of ObamaCare passed ... in the House of Representatives, where they enjoy a 75-seat majority.
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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.
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Night They Drove the Tea Partiers Down — FOR all cable news's efforts to inflate Election 2009 into a cliffhanger as riveting as Balloon Boy, ratings at MSNBC and CNN were flat Tuesday night. But not at Fox News, where the audience nearly doubled its usual prime-time average.
theblogprof:
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 …
New York Times:
All Afghan War Options by Obama Aides Said to Call for More Troops — WASHINGTON — Advisers to President Obama are preparing three options for escalating the war effort in Afghanistan, all of them calling for more American troops, as he moves closer to a decision on the way forward in the eight-year-old war, officials said Saturday.
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
GOP Shadegg to buck pro-lifers, party — Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) said he plans to buck right-to-life groups and his own party and vote “present” on a Democratic amendment that would prevent federal funding for abortions as part of health-care overhaul legislation.
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