MSNBC.com: Nightly News:
Nov. 7: President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports. (Nightly News). (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | Nth America:
US President Barack Obama has hailed the House of Representatives' "historic vote" to remake US health care and said he was sure of signing the ambitious overhaul in 2009. (Read More)
Financial Times:
Backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory, the House of Representatives approved a sweeping reform bill on a 220-215 vote. (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was "absolutely confident" the Senate would follow the lead of the House of Representatives in passing legislation to overhaul the healthcare system.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory. (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of qualit (Read More)
New York Times:
After a daylong clash with Republicans over a proposal that has been a Democratic goal for years, lawmakers voted to approve the $1.1 trillion, 10-year-plan that Democrats said would provide relief to Americans struggling to (Read More)
Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new rest (Read More)
Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new rest (Read More)
New York Times:
The president has apparently rejected the most extreme choices being discussed on troop levels in the eight-year-old war.
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Wall Street Journal:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- On a 220-215 vote late Saturday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate controversial legislation that would overhaul the nation's health-care system. The legislat (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
Everything, they say, is bigger in the Texas. So it is with the failure of the health care system. Leading the nation with a jaw-dropping 25% of its residents uninsured, Texas ranked 46th in the Commonwealth Fund's 2009 sco (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said on Saturda (Read More)
New York Times:
Stimulus spending is a fraught topic, but we may need more of it to prevent a renewed downturn and create badly needed jobs.
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New York Times:
President Obama urged lawmakers to “answer the call of history” and approve reform of the health care system after Democratic leaders made major concessions to abortion foes to secure their votes.
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New York Times:
Until the Palestinians and Israelis are serious about the peace process, the United States should get out of the picture.
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MSNBC:
Nov. 7: President Barack Obama urges Democrats in the House of Representatives to pass a healthcare reform bill as they prepared for a close vote on Capitol Hill. Watch his entire statement. (NBC News). (Read More)