Wall Street Journal:
Brody Mullins reports from Washington on health-care legislation.President Barack Obama welcomed the House’s passage of health-care legislation last night.In a statement delivered from the Rose Garden on Sunday, Obama said he took pride in the legislation and noted that his critics had said “this couldn’t be done.”The (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. President Barack Obama announced his delight that Iraqi leaders have passed a new election law that could pave the way for a national vote early next year. Video courtesy of Reuters.
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Drudge Report:
"Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable healthcare for the American people. The United States Senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation. I am absolutely confident it will." -- President Obama. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
President Obama is giving remarks about the House of Representatives passing a health care reform bill.
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Talking Points Memo:
President Obama just thanked lawmakers for taking a "courageous vote" on health care last night. He said he is "absolutely confident" the Senate will do the same.
He didn't single out Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), the only Republican to break ranks and support the measure.
Read more about Cao here.
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CNN:
President Obama praises the House for passage of a health care reform bill and says he is "absolutely confident" the Senate will do the same.
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USATODAY.com Washington - Top Stories:
The White House announced Sunday that President Obama will be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's ...
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Huffington Post:
Richard Wolffe wrote in his Obama campaign memoir that the President sees most of his challenges in basketball metaphors and that he's turned on by nail-biting contests when he, Barack Obama, can switch things up in the contest and come in to make the key decisions and plays that achieve a win.But lately, it seems to be Joe (Read More)
Huffington Post:
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'. Unlike the Blue Dog votes against the bill, he did it fo (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has become a bad play. It is obvious that all the parties are just acting out the same old scenes, with the same old tired clich�s -- and that no one believes any of it anymore. There is no romance, no sex, no excitement, no urgency -- not even a sense of importance anymore. The only th (Read More)
The Daily Dish:
The reasons seem pretty obvious:The party-buckers on the 220-215 vote on Saturday night included 39Democrats who voted against the bill. Of them, 31 represent districtsthat voted for John McCain over Barack Obama. Republicans are targetingmany of them for defeat in the 2010 election. Of the other eight, threeare serving the (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Rep. Betsy Markey voted against a health-care reform bill backed by President Barack Obama and the House Democratic leadership Saturday night, citing concerns over the cost of the bill."It was a difficult decision because there's a lot of good things in the bill, as well, that I like, but in the end, I just didn't think tha (Read More)
Huffington Post:
BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament passed on Sunday a long-delayed law in a crucial step to setting up nationwide elections, which the head of the electoral commission expected would still be held in January.The decision appeared to resolve a key sticking point – who will be allowed to vote in the disputed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk (Read More)