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Sharp momentum shift back to the Democrats after passing health bill |
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March 25, 2010 |
Political momentum has shifted so fast over the last week that it
has given Republicans whiplash.
Democrats are heading into the two-week Easter recess in high spirits after passing the most sweeping domestic policy reform since Medicare was enacted four decades ago.
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House passes reconciliation fixes for healthcare legislation |
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March 25, 2010 |
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The House put the finishing touches on healthcare reform Thursday night by passing a fixes bill that finally will allow President Barack Obama and his allies on Capitol Hill to declare final victory on what had been one of the Democratic Partys biggest pieces of unfinished business.
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Senate sends healthcare fixes bill back to House |
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March 25, 2010 |
Healthcare reforms long, strange journey was just hours from an end
Thursday after the Senate advanced fixes to the newly enacted law.
By a 56-43 tally, the Senate approved a budget reconciliation bill containing the White House-brokered compromises between the Senate-authored healthcare reform law President Barack Obama enacted Tuesday and the House version of the bill.
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Healthcare bill headed back to the House after marathon Senate push |
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March 25, 2010 |
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Senate Democrats defeated 29 straight Republican amendments to the Democratic healthcare reconciliation bill before losing a key parliamentary ruling in Thursdays early hours that will force the legislation back to the House of Representatives.
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Obama signs healthcare into law |
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March 23, 2010 |
President Barack Obama signed healthcare reform into law on Tuesday, capping a legislative victory Democrats have sought for decades.
"Today, after almost a century of trying; today, after over a year of debate; today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America," Obama said minutes before signing the legislation.
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Obama rallies Dems: 'We're 24 hours away' from health reform |
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March 20, 2010 |
Democrats are mere hours away from passing comprehensive health reform legislation, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
In a speech to the House Democratic Caucus this weekend ahead of a momentous healthcare vote expected Sunday, the president acknowledged the tough vote tomorrow for Democratic lawmakers, but sought to appeal to their reasons for having come to Congress in the first place.
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Obama on the brink of a health care reinvention |
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March 21, 2010 |
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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 now seems near.
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All sides playing hardball on health care bill |
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March 16, 2010 |
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With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass or stop President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.
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Democrats move closer to passing Senate health bill without vote on text |
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March 16, 2010 |
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House Democrats are marching forward with plans to move the Senate healthcare bill through their chamber without actually voting on it.
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday morning released a memo defending the so-called deem and pass procedure, which the memo said has a long precedent in the House and is used commonly.
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Obama: 'We're going to make this happen' |
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President says he's confident that House Dems will pass bill later this week |
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March 16, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Monday that he is confident that House Democrats will have enough support to pass sweeping health care reform legislation in a vote expected to take place this week.
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Pelosi: Public option will not be in health bill despite liberal efforts |
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March 12, 2010 |
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that the public health insurance option will not be included in a package of fixes to healthcare reform legislation.
Pelosi's comments throw a wrench into liberal efforts to reintroduce it to the bill. She shut the door on a possible pathway opened by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who said earlier on Friday that he would "aggressively" push senators to vote for the plan if the House included it in the fixes.
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House Democrats' 'no' votes are piling up as healthcare reform moves forward |
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March 11, 2010 |
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More than two dozen Democrats are expected to vote against the healthcare reform bill that will hit the House floor in the coming weeks.
At least 25 House Democrats will reject the healthcare reform legislation, according to a survey by The Hill, a review of other media reports and interviews with lawmakers, aides and lobbyists. Dozens of House Democrats are undecided or won't comment on their position on the measure.
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Obama pitches health plan in spirited appearance |
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March 8, 2010 |
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Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage.
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In final push, Obama stresses bill's reforms will rein in cost of healthcare |
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March 8, 2010 |
President Barack Obama said his healthcare plan takes into account "every single serious idea" on cost containment from both parties.
Obama made the remark in a stump speech Monday in Glenside, Pa., where he sought to address GOP criticisms that his health plan doesn't do enough to contain rising costs.
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Obama Takes Health Care Deadline to Democrats |
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March 4, 2010 |
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President Obama, beginning a full-court press for his health care overhaul, met Thursday with insurance industry executives and House Democrats as party leaders on Capitol Hill struggled to figure out whether they could meet the presidents timetable for enacting legislation within a few weeks.
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Obama: 'Congress owes the American people a final vote on healthcare' |
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March 3, 2010 |
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President Barack Obama launched the endgame on healthcare Wednesday, urging Congress to finish its work. Obama said he believes Congress owes the American people a final up-or-down vote on healthcare reform, but did not use the word reconciliation.
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Obama cites GOP ideas as he preps health care plan |
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March 2, 2010 |
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President Barack Obama embraced a handful of Republican
health care ideas Tuesday to lure Democratic votes as he prepared to
spell out his final package for a sharply divided House and Senate,
where its fate is unsure.
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Nelson defends Senate health bill, signals strong backing for reform |
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March 2, 2010 |
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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who withheld his support for the Senate-passed healthcare reform bill until practically the last minute, strongly hinted that he is prepared to back the final push to finish the job this spring.
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