politics

US Congress passes historic health care bill (AFP)

Supporters of the Tea Party movement hold a sign outside the US Capitol as they demonstrate in Washington against the health care bill. Democrats used their majority to muscle the measure through, losing 34 conservative party members who joined the united Republican opposition, worried about paying a political price in November mid-term elections.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - The US Congress passed an historic health care overhaul Sunday, handing President Barack Obama a landmark win and taking the United States closer than ever to guaranteed coverage for all Americans.

House backs Obama's bid to revamp student loans (Reuters)

Reuters - The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Sunday approved President Barack Obama's bid to implement what would be the biggest overhaul in decades of the federal student loan program.

House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul (Reuters)

Protesters are pictured in the area where U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with members of the House Democratic Caucus to discuss the health care package in the Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - The House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Sunday, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President Barack Obama a landmark victory.

Obama invites defiant Israeli PM for talks (AFP)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem. US President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Netanyahu to meet him at the White House, even as the Israeli leader rebuffed a key US demand to halt settlement construction in east Jerusalem.(AFP/Pool/Jim Hollander)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him at the White House, even as the Israeli leader rebuffed a key US demand to halt settlement construction in east Jerusalem.

Democrats see healthcare bill passage (Reuters)

Protesters are pictured in the area where U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with members of the House Democratic Caucus to discuss the health care package in the Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives neared final passage on Sunday of a sweeping healthcare overhaul that would create the biggest health policy changes in four decades and hand President Barack Obama a landmark victory.

California governor's race to set spending record (Reuters)

California Republican Gubernatorial candidate and former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman is applauded at the conclusion of her speech before the opening of her campaign's Orange County headquarters in Costa Mesa, California February 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - The California governor's race is on track to be the most expensive nonpresidential election in U.S. history, sparking a debate over money and influence that could become the campaign's defining issue.

Obama allies predict victory in key House health vote (AFP)

Representative Bart Stupak of Michigan, head of a group of pro-life Democrats, holds up a copy of an Executive Order banning use of Federal funds to be used for abortions which will be signed by President Barack Obama. Obama's historic drive to extend health insurance to nearly all Americans stood Sunday on the cusp of passage through the House of Representatives after an 11th-hour deal.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - US President Barack Obama's historic drive to extend health insurance to nearly all Americans stood Sunday on the cusp of passage through the House of Representatives after an 11th-hour deal.

House Democrats see momentum on health bill (Reuters)

Ernest Sass, 52, (L) winces as he is attended to by Girish Bobby Kapur, M.D. (R) in a room used to see patients who don't require treatment for trauma inside the emergency room at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Texas July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives lobbied undecided members for support and voiced growing confidence on Friday they will win a close vote on final passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul.

Obama to drum up support for health care votes (AFP)

US President Barack Obama will meet key Democratic lawmakers to drum up support for his sweeping health care reform plan ahead of a decisive vote in the House of Representatives.(AFP/Getty Images/Win Mcnamee)AFP - US President Barack Obama was to meet key Democratic lawmakers Saturday to drum up support for his sweeping health care reform plan ahead of a decisive vote on it in the House of Representatives.

Obama says history is nigh on health care (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama declared Friday Democrats were on the cusp of history after a century struggling for health reform, amid cresting excitement in Congress ahead of a fateful weekend vote.


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