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House OK’s health care bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is joined by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., on Saturday in Washington. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is joined by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., on Saturday in Washington. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is joined by  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.,  on Saturday in Washington.

"The House of Representatives on Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health care overhaul legislation that would require nearly all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run health insurance plan to help them do so." http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/08/house-oks-health-bill/

Looks like the bill will have a rougher time in the Senate: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/09/health-care-bill-faces-skepticism-senate/

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