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Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

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Big Pharma Raises Prices 10% Even As It Promises To Cut Nation's Drug Costs

New York Times | DUFF WILSON | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislatio...

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Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Abortion, Women's Rights, Congress, Naral, Public Option, Roe v Wade, Nancy Pelosi, Hyde Amendment, Pelosi, Obama, Roe Wade, Choice, Planned Parenthood, House, Senate, Rahm Emanuel, Center for Reproductive Rights, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Bart Stupak, Anti-Choice, Medicine, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passe...

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NYT: 22 Republicans, 20 Democrats Used Lobbying Firm's Statements In House Health Care Speeches

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Statements, Roche, Health Care Reform Speeches, Ryan Mackinnon Vasapoli Berzok, Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Joe Wilson, Biotech, Democrats, House Speeches, Speeches, Michael Conaway, Outsourcing, Donald M. Payne, Yvette D. Clarke, Bill Pascrell, Genetech, Phil Are, Lee Terry, Lobbying Firms, Lynn Jenkins, Memos, Health Care Reform, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Robert A. Brady, Emails, Health Care, Republicans, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's la...

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If You Have Donated To The RNC Since 1991, You Have Funded Abortion

Melinda Warner | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Rights, Rnc, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Michael Steele, Health Insurance, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Republicans, Politics News

Using the RNC's logic, every person who has donated money since 1991 has also funded abortions, because a portion went towards the employer's portion of each employee's health care premium.

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GOP Women Shamelessly Accuse Dems of Being Anti-Woman

Matt Finkelstein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Women, Lynn Jenkins, Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Women's Rights, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Despite all evidence to the contrary, the congresswomen want us to believe that Republicans are sticking up for women. But the fact is their party has consistently opposed providing families with better health care.

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Stupak-Pitts Is Not Worth Killing Health Care Bill

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stupak Amendment, Health Care Bill, Abortion, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

I am hoping Rep. DeGette and others will look at the big picture and ask themselves: Would I vote against this bill if I or a member of my family had no health insurance?

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The Faces of Health Care Reform (Video)

Rep. Debbie Halvorson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Affordable Health Care for America Act, Health Care Reform, Breast Cancer, Uninsured, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, House Health Care Bill, Chicago News

I'm so grateful my constituents shared their personal stories with me. They are the face of the health care crisis. We put together a video of these stories to show why reform is so necessary.

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Protecting a Woman's Right to Choose

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: Capps Amendment, Abortion, Women's Rights, Public Option, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Stupak Amendment, Hyde Amendment, Breast Cancer, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Denver News

Our message is clear: we will not support any final bill that restricts women's access to reproductive health services beyond current law.

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Medical Industry Grumbles Over Bill, But It Stands To Gain

The New York Times | Duff Wilson and Reed Abelson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, Health Insurers, Medicare, Health Insurers Public Option, Insurers Health Care Reform, Health Insurers Health Bill, Health Care Public Option, Health Insurance Reform, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

For any industry, there has to be at least some good news any time Congress votes to expand the market by tens of millions of customers. But the busi...

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Jim Cooper On House Health Care Bill: 'One Of The Best Votes I Ever Cast'

The Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Health Care Vote, Jim Cooper Health Care Reform, Democrats Health Care, Jim Cooper, Health Care Vote, Jim Cooper Health Care Vote, Health Care Reform, Democrats Health Care Bill, Jim Cooper Health Care Bill, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) knows as much about health-care policy as anyone in Congress. He teaches the subject back home in Tennessee, promoted his ow...

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House Health Care Bill Actually About As Long As Popular Book For Small Children

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry Potter, House Health Care Bill, Media News

The GOP has been making great hay out of the length and size and weight and page count of the House Health Care Reform bill. Apparently intimidated b...

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Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?

Marcia Angell, M.D. | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marcia Angell, House Health Bill, Dennis Kucinich, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Dr. Marcia Angell, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

The House Health bill just throws good money after the bad. And because costs will keep rising, there is now a danger that people will conclude reform is impossible, when in reality, we still haven't really tried.

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Health Care Reform: Historic Legislation

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Rep. Joseph Cao, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Rep. Cao, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Members of Congress are rarely presented with an opportunity to support the passage of truly historic legislation. Today was such a day, and H.R. 3692, Affordable Health Care for America Act, such an opportunity.

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Betsy Markey Shuns Party, Votes No On Health Care Bill

The Fort Collins Coloradoan | Robert Moore | Posted 11.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, House Health Care Bill, Betsy Markey, Obamacare, Betsy Markey Health Care, Denver News

Rep. Betsy Markey voted against a health-care reform bill backed by President Barack Obama and the House Democratic leadership Saturday night, citing ...

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Strict Abortion Provision Included In House Health Care Bill

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Ban Health Care Bill, Abortion Ban, House Health Care Bill Pro-Life, Abortion Exchanges, Abortion Restrictions Health Care Bill, Abortion Public Option, House Health Care Bill, Transparency, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democra...

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Health Care PASSES: The Scene In The House When It Happened

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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CORRECTION: From my vantage point in the press gallery, it looked as if Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) was leaning on Cao to oppose the bill. But according...

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Reps King, Hoekstra Attempt To Wrap Capitol With Health Care Bill

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, House of Representatives, King, Steve King, Health Care Protest, King Wraps Capitol, Rep. King, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, House Health Care Vote, Health Care Reform, Health Care Vote, House Vote on Health Care, Slideshow, Health Care, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Early Friday afternoon, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) announced his intentions to wrap the Capitol building in a massive copy of the 1,900-page health bill...

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House Health Care Vote: Breaking Updates

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grim, Sam Stein, Lila Shapiro, & Nico Pitney | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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After months of debate, the House of Representatives passed historic health care reform legislation late on Saturday evening. Read the overview AP cov...

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Health Care Vote: Latest Updates

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care Vote, House Health Care Bill, House Vote on Health Care, House Health Care Vote, House of Representatives, When Is the Healthcare Vote, Healthcare Vote, Health Care Votes, Health Care Voting, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday ...

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Democrats Clear Impasse Blocking Health Care Vote

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Health Care Bill, Health Care Vote, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Democrats, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday ...

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Compromise Reached On Health Care Bill: Anti-Abortion Amendment To Be Given Floor Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform Vote, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

As the House of Representatives inches toward a final vote on comprehensive health care reform this weekend -- the most dramatic domestic policy debat...

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Denver Archbishop: Broken Promises On Abortion Funding In Health Care Reform

Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Archbishop, Catholic Church, Congress, Charles Chaput, Abortion Rights, Health Care Reform, White House Health Care, Denver, House Health Care Bill, Denver News

Denver's Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput is urging his congregation to oppose federal health care legislation that funds abortions. KDVR and th...

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DNC Urges D.C. Residents To Ask For The Vote Of Their Non-Voting Congresswoman

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Campaigning, District of Columbia, Health Care Reform, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Democratic National Committee, Dnc, Organizing for America, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Far be it for me to criticize the campaign arm of the White House/DNC, Organizing For America, seeing as they have successfully gotten one more presid...

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