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Healthcare measure faces tough path in Senate

On a 220-215 vote, including the support of one Republican and opposition from 39 Democrats, the House backed a bill late on Saturday that would expand coverage to nearly all Americans and bar insurance practices such as refusing to cover people with... Full Article at International Business Times

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  2. U.S. House of Representatives
  3. U.S. Democratic Party

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  1. If the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote
    Joe Lieberman – Joe Lieberman SOURCE: International Business Times 2 weeks ago
  2. The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate
    Lindsey Graham – Lindsey Graham SOURCE: International Business Times 2 weeks ago
  3. If the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote
    Joe Lieberman – Joe Lieberman SOURCE: Reuters 2 weeks ago
  4. The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate
    Lindsey Graham – Lindsey Graham SOURCE: Reuters 2 weeks ago
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  1. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) hugs Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) as during a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) heads for a closed-door briefing with military officials in the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) hold a news conference about health care at the U.S. Captiol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, center, poses beside presidential candidate, former Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, left, and Vice presidential bet, movie star Edu Manzano, right, during the Lakas-KAMPI party convention in suburban Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 8: US President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House November 8, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of the House of Representatives continued debate on healthcare reform legislation.
  8. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), speaks to the press outside the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (R) and other leaders after a meeting on health care reform with US President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Novemb...
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) leads a news conference and rally on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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