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House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman said yesterday there is 'no guarantee' that an amendment approved by the House on Saturday that prohibits federal funding of abortion in the health care bill will be retained in the final version of the bill.

Rep. Michele Bachmann stood alone at a podium at the foot of the Capitol Thursday, blowing kisses and waving to the fawning crowd of thousands she had assembled.

The U.S. House approved the most far- reaching changes to the nationa s health-care system in four decades, voting to require all Americans to get coverage and to subject insurers to new restrictions and new competition from a government program.

The United States' unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October, raising questions about the staying power of the budding economic recovery and confronting President Barack Obama with a politically explosive new challenge.

Go figure: A Jewish Democratic group doesn't appreciate Tea Party signs a) saying President Obama "takes his orders" from the Rothschilds, the famous Jewish banking family and b) a mind-bendingly moronic poster showing dead Jews at Dachau, suggesting Americans will suffer the same fate under Obamacare.

Freshman Republican Rep. Ahn 'Joseph' Cao of Louisiana was the only Republican member of the House to vote 'yes' Saturday in the 220 to 215 approval of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul of the nation's healthcare system.

Democrat Bill Owens won a vacant U.S. House seat in New York in a race that divided the Republican Party and attracted national attention.

The House of Representatives on Saturday night passed a sweeping health care bill by a vote of 220-215. Earlier, the House passed an amendment to pending health care legislation that prohibits federal funds for abortion services in the public option and in the insurance "exchange" the bill would create.

For the first time ever, the House late Saturday passed comprehensive legislation aimed at remaking the American health care system to provide coverage for all.

President Barack Obama signed legislation today to extend unemployment insurance benefits and tax credits for first-time homebuyers and provide tax refunds to money-losing companies.

Political leaders tend to simplify the outcomes of elections. Hence, of yesterday, Republicans will say, 'Obama is done, his agenda failed, Republicans will rule in 2010.' Democrats will find a way to spin this in another direction by saying, 'Corzine called his opponent fat, Deeds was an idiot and ran negative ads, etc,' and the Republicans and ...

The gray-haired curiosity-seekers assembled by the Tea Party's Wonder Woman, Michele Bachmann, in D.C. is part of the GOP purge that plays well on cable TV.

About 50 local residents were among the thousands of conservatives chanting, ''Kill the bill,'' as they rallied against the Democrats' health care overhaul plan at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

House Democratic leaders worked furiously yesterday to secure the final votes for weekend approval of a sweeping health-care overhaul as President Obama threw his weight behind the lobbying effort and Republicans dug in against the health plan.

After months spent criticizing Democrats' health overhaul plans, House Republicans have produced a draft proposal of their own.

Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, weighing fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 06 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST "The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that the alternative health care bill proposed by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium ...

Democrats will continue to pound the table claiming the Republicans only health care plan is for Americans to not get sick, but the Congressional Budget Office would disagree.

DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY.... A variety of Republican leaders spoke on the steps of the Capitol today, addressing a crowd that local law enforcement officials put at around 4,000 , all of whom gathered to rally against fixing the health care system.

Thousands of Tea Party activists descended on Washington Thursday to protest the trillion dollar health care bill and government spending, holding signs protesting Barack Obama's agenda while aiming chants of "you work for us" at the Capitol building.