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I'm hoping, for your sake, that you didn't spend a recent Saturday night as I did: watching the House debate health care reform on C-SPAN the weekend before last.

Lewin Group logo. [Source: WNY Media] The Republican National Committee plans to spend a million dollars in August on television ads opposing health care reform.

The resistance to reforming our nationa s healthcare system has been fueled by entrenched corporate interests.

While for Democrats the week before the health care vote in the House was a haze of 18-hour days and unending negotiations, Republican Mike Coffman used the time to whittle his to-do list.

Q: How did Georgia members of the House of Representatives vote on the health care bill that passed the House? - Ben Shapiro, Atlanta A: Democratic Reps.

A widening schism between the GOP's right wing and moderates has clear gender undertones.

OPIYO OLOYA PERSPECTIVEOFA UGANDAN IN CANADA Who is scared of women? Apparently a lot of men are.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia's Fourth District, is being hailed a hero for health care reform.

The midterm congressional elections are a year away, but unsurprisingly, Republicans vanquished at the polls by the Obama landslide last fall are already talking about the possibility of reclaiming the House.

IS TELLING " UNTRUTHS " A GOP JOB REQUIREMENT? Gary Ater C-SPAN showed exactly why the Republican party just continues to shrink.

I'm hoping, for your sake, that you didn't spend your Saturday night as I did: watching the House debate health care reform on C-SPAN. Pathetic, I know.

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Abortion Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST The growing divide in the Republican Party between its staunchly conservative members and its smaller pool of moderate members has "clear gender undertones," Politico reports.

Share + Nov 10, 2009 11:05 am US/Eastern WASHINGTON As the House version of the health care bill was making its way through parliamentary procedures on Saturday, a strange scene unfolded between a group of female Democratic members and some GOP members.

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

This morning, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz participated on a conference call with the Center for American Progress Action Fund's Judy Feder to discuss Republican efforts to shut out women's issues in the health reform debate.

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.

"I object. I object. I object ... " Rep. Tom Price, a Roswell Republican, repeated the line over and over, interrupting his Democratic counterparts every time they tried to speak.

The one House Republican to support health care reform said on Sunday that his decision to back the bill was driven by his conscience and the needs of his district and not back-room dealing with the White House or Democrats.

Two Democratic members of Georgia's Congressional delegation voted against a major healthcare reform bill late Saturday.

The U.S. House on Saturday passed landmark health overhaul legislation that would extend insurance coverage to 36 million Americans now lacking it, taking a crucial step toward realizing President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.