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House Hands Health Care Challenge Off To Senate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller exult at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday night.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Rep. George Miller. Alex Brandon/AP
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller exult at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday night.
House Hands Health Care Challenge Off To Senate
As Democrats savored the narrow passage of their historic heath care overhaul in the House of Representatives, attention Sunday turned to the deeply-divided U.S. Senate.
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Rep. Patrick Kennedy , the son of recently deceased Senator Edward M. Kennedy, responds to the successful vote on health care reform legislation by quipping "My Dad Was A Senator But Tonight His Spirit Was In The House." November 8, 2009 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.
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