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The Lords of Entitlement

Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied policy logic and public opinion late Saturday night, ramming through the House a nearly 2,000-page health-care leviathan that counts as the biggest expansion of the federal government since the New Deal. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

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  1. U.S. Senate
  2. Barack Obama
  3. U.S. House of Representatives

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    Barack Obama speaks about the shootings at the US Army Base Fort Hood Photo: AFP/GETTY The 220-215 vote late on Saturday night cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the president's overriding domestic priority. Full Article at The Telegraph

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  1. It provides coverage for 96 per cent of Americans. It offers everyone, regardless of health or income, the peace of mind that comes from knowing they will have access to affordable health care when they need it
    – John Dingell SOURCE: The Telegraph 3 weeks ago
  2. We are going to have a complete government takeover of our health care system faster than you can say, 'this is making me sick'
    – Candice Miller SOURCE: The Telegraph 3 weeks ago
  3. Thanks to the hard work of the House, we are just two steps away from achieving health insurance reform in America
    Barack Obama – Barack Obama SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  4. We stand closer than ever to reforming our broken healthcare system.
    Harry Reid – Harry Reid SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
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  1. U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, smiles before the Committee passed the Democratic healthcare reform bill with a 14-9 vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington in this October 13, 2009 file photo.
  2. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: The last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles (age 108), shakes hands with Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) prior to appearing befofe the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  3. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Democratic Senate leaders held a news conference on how the Healthcare Reform Bill will help the economy and create jobs.
  4. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on his re-nomination to the position December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  6. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. , speaks during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, listens.
  7. SCHNECKSVILLE, PA - DECEMBER 4: An Audience member asks a question at U.S. President Barack Obama's Main Street Tour stop on December 4, 2009 in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
  8. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: 1Sky, the Chesapeake Action Network and other groups rally in front of the White House, calling on the Obama administration to increase its efforts to curb climate change at Copenhagen and domestically December 4, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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  2. Barack Obama Barack Obama
  3. U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives
  4. U.S. Republican Party U.S. Republican Party
  5. Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi
  6. White House White House