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Congressman Jim Marshall voted against the health care bill that passed the house Saturday night with 220 votes saying yes and 215 representatives voting against the measure.

Every Republican Congressman from Georgia voted against the healthcare bill. Every Democrat voted for it except two.

The only two Democrats from Georgia who voted against their party's health reform legislation in the U.S. House have voiced concerns with the plans for months.

Based on Saturday's razor-thin 220-215 House vote, can we say Southern Democrats are friends or foes of health care reform? It depends on how you slice the numbers .

But as one of 435 members of the House or even the 100 in the Senate, an individual lawmaker doesn't often feel the warmth of the limelight.

The House has narrowly passed the Democratic-written bill on health care. The vote was 220 to 215.

House Democrats who have announced they are voting against the Obama-Pelosi-Health Care bill.

Republican Whip Eric Cantor has some quotes from House Democrats: Rep. John Adler : "We Will Be Unable To Support Any Health Care Legislation That Doesn't Meet The President's Goal Of Driving Down And Holding Down Cost Of Health Care As Determined By The CBO." "Sustainability requires that the burden on the American taxpayer and the federal budget ...

The state Democratic party is about to jump into the Atlanta mayor's race in an attempt to block front-runner Mary Norwood, whom party chairman Jane Kidd said this evening is a "duplicitous" Republican.

Barbara Thurmond Archibald, executive director of the Athens Tutorial Program recently retired after working with the program for 28 years.

Federal officials are formally launching a bid to curb combustible dust buildups like those that fueled last year's Imperial Sugar disaster.

Several Congressional representatives have asked the FCC to investigate Google because the company's Google Voice service blocks access to certain numbers served by rural phone companies.

I am one of the majority of Americans who believe that a public option is fundamental to any realistic plan to fix our broken health-care system.

JoRae Jenkins entered the District 1 commission race with no baggage -- no voting record, no past to explain and no well known ties to any established politicians.

U.S. Rep. John Barrow likes to say he's taking flak from both the right and the left.

Imperial Sugar Co. says the Port Wentworth sugar refinery it is rebuilding reflects state-of-the art technology.

Col. Henry Smart Jr. took to the podium one last time and addressed the airmen gathered before him in the 165th Airlift Wing's fuel cell hangar.

Mosley drops bid to be challenger to U.S. Rep. John Barrow Vidalia doctor was preparing quest to challenge Democrat John Barrow A Republican who said he'd spend $500,000 of his own money in an effort to oust U.S. Rep.

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston is in the thick of a fight to require that all bills voted on by the House first be posted online for at least 72 hours.

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 9:59 a.m. A Georgia congressman's plan to amend legislation that would phase out mercury-based technology at four chlorine factories - including the Olin Corp.