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The only Republican to vote for the House Democrats' health care reform bill said he voted his conscience, putting aside concerns about the cost in hopes of providing health care access to all Americans.

As we've all had occasion to notice, sometimes things don't work in Louisiana the way they do elsewhere.

Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana must not have gotten the message from House Republicans that no one in the GOP caucus - repeat no one - would vote with Democrats on a sweeping overhaul of the US health-care system.

Rep. Joseph Cao , the lone GOP vote for the House health reform bill that passed late last night, has responded to RNC Chairman Michael Steele's warnings about stepping outside of party lines.

Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, R-La., was the only Republican to support the health reform bill, just a year after becoming a minor GOP celebrity for capturing a reliably Democratic congressional district in New Orleans, Politico reports.

A Connecticut businessman was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Tuesday for conspiring with others to corrupt the oil privatization process in Azerbaijan.

In this Aug. 18, 2009 file photo, Louisiana Republican Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao answers a question at a town hall meeting in Westwego, La.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:13 p.m. Read more: National , Politics , Health , Former President Bill Clinton , Health Care Bill , Republican , Democrat WASHINGTON a ' Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is ...

Representative Anh Joseph Cao was formerly best known for defeating former Representative William Jefferson , who fell from grace after $90,000 in cash was found in his freezer.

Representative Anh a oeJosepha Cao has spent his first year in the U.S. House being the Democratic majoritya s most reliable Republican.

The House of Representatives approved a landmark health care reform bill late Saturday night by a close vote of 220 to 215 .

Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao was the only Republican to vote in favor of the Democratic health care bill that passed the House late Saturday, a vote that came after President Obama called to personally to ask for his support, Cao told CNN.

Federal prosecutors want a prison term of at least 27 years for a former Louisiana congressman convicted of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.

The final 220-215 roll call vote on passage of the House Dems' government health care takeover bill is here.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a landmark health insurance reform bill Saturday night, 220-215, and opponents of the measure have received an average of 15 percent more from health industry and health insurance interests over the past 20 years, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis has found.

Late Saturday night the House passed a health care bill . The final vote, 220 to 215, was Democrats' attempt to answer what President Obama described as "the call of history" and marked the culmination of months of inter-party and intra-party squabbling, town hall meetings and tea parties, and 14 hours of passionate Saturday floor debate.

House narrowly passes landmark health care bill WASHINGTON - In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

House Democrats were thrilled by the passage of their major health care legislation , but perhaps no development on Saturday tickled them more than winning the vote of a single Republican: Representative Ahn a oeJosepha Cao of Louisiana.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for the continuing health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov.

They never approached the avarice of Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson, whose freezer held $90,000 in marked dollars, or the late Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell, whose apartment yielded $800,000 cash stuffed into shoeboxes.