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Congress clears historic health care bill
By News on Mar 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage....
Pelosi: Health bill honors nation's traditions
By News on Mar 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a sweeping overhaul of health care is a proposal that honors the nation's traditions....
Boehner: Health bill fails the country
By News on Mar 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican leader John Boehner says congressional health care legislation fails the country and says Congress has failed to listen to America....
Frustrations await Bush, Clinton visit to Haiti
By News on Mar 21, 2010
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the country of its tumultuous recent past just as frustration over an uneven earthquake relief effort is bringing politics back to the surface....Abortion compromise doesn't satisfy critics
By News on Mar 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A last-minute compromise that swung a half-dozen anti-abortion Democrats behind President Barack Obama's health care bill - virtually ensuring its passage - failed to placate outside activists on either side of the issue, and drew derision from Republicans....
