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Health care reform bill passes in the House of Representatives

News 10 Now Syracuse - Sun Nov 8, 12:21 pm ET

The House of Representatives passes a landmark health care overhaul bill by a vote of 220 to 215. ONLINE EXTRA: Final votes results.

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Blog - U.S. Congress Considers Geoengineering
Technology Review - Fri Nov 6, 2:04 pm ET
Plans to purposefully re-engineer the world's climate got their first serious committee hearing yesterday.
US Senate defeats Guantanamo Bay trials restrictions
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 5, 9:57 pm ET
The US Senate voted Thursday to defeat a measure that would have blocked five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks from getting trials in federal courts.
US-POLITICS Summary
Washington Post - Mon Nov 9, 1:12 am ET
Healthcare measure faces tough path in Senate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed. On a 220-215 vote,...
US Congress sends Obama jobless benefits bill
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 5, 3:50 pm ET
With jobless numbers sky-high and year-end holidays close at hand, the US Congress passed legislation to extend unemployment benefits and expand a vastly popular tax credit for homebuyers.
House, Senate Health-Care Legislation: Side-by-Side Comparison
Bloomberg - 2 hours 26 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- On Nov. 7, The House of Representatives became the first U.S. legislative chamber to pass an overhaul of the health-care system, with the goal of expanding coverage to tens of millions of Americans without insurance and curtailing costs.
Obama Calls on U.S. Senate to Take Health Bill to ‘Finish Line’
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 2:54 am ET
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama called on the U.S. Senate to take his push for an overhaul of the U.S. health- care system “to the finish line” following passage of a bill by the House of Representatives.
Information on extension of Nevada unemployment benefits
KVBC Las Vegas - Fri Nov 6, 11:51 am ET
Both the US Senate and the House of Representatives have passed a bill expanding the number of weeks available for Federal Emergency Unemployment benefits up to 14 weeks for all states and up to an additional 6 weeks for high unemployment states like Nevada.
U.S. healthcare measure faces tough path in Senate
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 1:38 pm ET
After a landmark win in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.
Aide: Roxanne Conlin will run for US Senate
WOI-TV Des Moines - Fri Nov 6, 9:50 am ET
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An aide says lawyer Roxanne Conlin will announce next week she'll seek the Democratic nomination for US Senate in 2010, seeking to oppose Republican Sen. Charles Grassley.
US Senate Kills Louisiana Sen. Vitter Census, Illegal Alien Amendment
Bayou Buzz - Fri Nov 6, 12:29 pm ET
The US Senate killed Sen. David Vitter's attempt to require the 2010 Census to insert an amendment denying all funding in a Commerce funding bill unless it included a question regarding the status of US citizenship.
How to build a better House
Jewish World Review - 1 hour 25 minutes ago
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | On their way to Washington after last week's special elections to fill two vacancies in the House of Representatives are John Garamendi of California's 10 th congressional district, and Bill Owens of New York's 23 rd.
Mass. AG Coakley skips US Senate candidate forum
Boston Globe - Sun Nov 8, 5:27 pm ET
Two Republicans and three Democrats vying to replace Sen. Edward Kennedy exchanged barbs over the federal stimulus, Afghanistan, and universal health care at a candidate forum Sunday night.
Video: Health Care Bill Passes
CBS News - Sun Nov 8, 8:46 pm ET
Health care reform has passed in the House of Representatives by the narrowest of margins. As Kimberly Dozier reports, the debate will move to the U.S. Senate, where approval is far from guaranteed.
House backs anti-abortion amendment
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 9:37 am ET
The House of Representatives voted on Saturday to tighten a ban against using federal funds to finance abortions under the proposed Democratic healthcare reform legislation.
Senate, House Health-Care Legislation: Side-by-Side Comparison
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 8:38 pm ET
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The House of Representatives last night became the first U.S. legislative chamber to pass an overhaul of the health-care system, with the aim of expanding coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and curtailing costs.