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  • Breaking Down Abortion Language In Health Bill

    at NPR – Mon Nov 9, 4:34 pm ET  

    A look at the controversial Stupak amendment and how it would affect abortion services and funding. Full Story »

  • EPA Drafts Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Strategy

    at NPR – Mon Nov 9, 4:00 pm ET  

    The Environmental Protection Agency has outlined a new effort to help protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary. And it targets the root causes of the trouble: runoff. Full Story »

  • House Vote Exposes Democratic Fault Lines On Abortion

    at NPR – Mon Nov 9, 12:52 pm ET  

    Thirty-nine Democrats voted against the House version of health-care overhaul that passed on Saturday, which contained a controversial abortion amendment. Had three more Dems joined that group, the measure would have gone down to defeat. Full Story »

  • Is This The Loneliest Republican In D.C.?

    at NPR – Mon Nov 9, 8:55 am ET  

    After voting for the House health care overhaul, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao has new Democratic friends, including President Obama. His next meeting with Republican leaders might be a little different. Full Story »

  • Health Care Passes House With Abortion Amendment

    at NPR – Mon Nov 9, 6:00 am ET  

    House lawmakers on Saturday passed a sweeping bill that would overhaul the nation's health care system. The measure, supported mostly by Democrats, contained an abortion amendment that required the party to make a significant shift to the right. Full Story »

  • What's Next For Health Care Overhaul

    at NPR – Mon Nov 9, 5:09 am ET  

    While the House has passed a landmark bill, the measure's prospects in the Senate are anything but assured. Full Story »

  • House Health Care Vote Makes History

    at NPR – Sun Nov 8, 6:24 pm ET  

    The House of Representatives passed a bill to overhaul the nation's health care system Saturday night. The vote was close, 220-215, and it only included a single Republican. To pass the bill, Democrats also had to allow a controversial amendment banning abortion funding in both public and private plans in the new marketplaces the bill would create. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, passage represents a major hurdle cleared for President Obama's top domestic priority. Full Story »

  • Health Overhaul Has Long Road Ahead

    at NPR – Sun Nov 8, 4:00 pm ET  

    The House of Representatives worked into the wee hours Saturday night and came away with landmark legislation that would reshape the health care system. But there's a long way to go, as professor Jonathan Oberlander tells host Guy Raz. Oberlander, a professor of health care politics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, draws a few parallels between last night's action and the birth of Medicare in 1965. Full Story »

  • House Hands Health Care Challenge Off To Senate

    at NPR – Sun Nov 8, 9:46 am ET  

    Democrats have little time to savor the narrow passage of their historic heath care overhaul in the House of Representatives as attention turns to the deeply divided U.S. Senate. Full Story »

  • Atlanta's Mayoral Runoff Race Is A Sprint

    at NPR – Sun Nov 8, 8:00 am ET  

    In Atlanta, the runoff to choose the city's next mayor has begun. City Councilwoman Mary Norwood was the top vote-getter in Tuesday's primary election and she's running against former state senator Kasim Reed. Both candidates have spent the past few days trying to raise money and rally their supporters. But they don't have much time; the election is only three weeks away. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports. Full Story »

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