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BREAKING: House passes healthcare reform

By Eric Zimmermann - 11/07/09 11:01 PM ET

The House has just passed the Democratic healthcare reform bill by a razor thin margin.

The final vote was 220-215, with one Republican--Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.)--casting a surprise "yes" vote. 39 Democrats voted against the legislation.

Cao, who had previously offered tepid words of support for the bill but was under pressure from GOP leaders to vote "no," saved his "yes" vote until it was clear the bill would pass anyway.

Democrats burst out in applause as soon as the vote count ticked to 218, the minimum number of votes needed for passage.

The passage of Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment, which barred plans that cover abortion from receiving federal subsidies, secured enough votes from centrist Democrats to push through the larger bill.

Democrats cheered out a new year's style countdown as the voting period came to a close.

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Comments (34)

Will someone please list the House Democrats who voted NO?BY Mary MacKay on 11/07/2009 at 23:20
this is a sad day for congress. i hope that this does not mean we have to comply as free people. since this bill has to go through the senate as well, i hope major changes are made to the bill to make it more america friendly and less costly. i have no hope for america if this bill is implemented. my husband's mother rely's on her social security and cannot pay anymore for health insurance than she already has to. trillions of dollars for 47 million people…just doesn't make any sense to me. did they take out the public funded abortions? i'm sure that democrats are real proud to kill babies on tax dollars.BY deanne mattice on 11/07/2009 at 23:23
Deanne, yes they did take out the baby killing part. I am sure you will be pleased to know that it was a bill authored by a baby killing Democrat.Maybe it would make sense to you if you were one of the 47 million people? I would gladly pay more taxes for even one person to have healthcare. Greed, and a lack of compassion for those worse off, is the very stain of shame on this country.BY Vince on 11/07/2009 at 23:29
Funny how 'greed' is always defined as someone wanting to keep the money they have legally earned (rather than having it confiscated by the government and used to buy votes to keep Democrat members of Congress in positions of wealth and power). BY ShellyT on 11/07/2009 at 23:40
"Maybe it would make sense to you if you were one of the 47 million people?"Are you talking about the 47 million allegedly uninsured people or the 47 million babies murdered by Planned Parenthood since 1973?BY John S on 11/07/2009 at 23:41
This is just the beginning it will not end until we come to a single payer system.Health care is a right not a privelege it's the 21st century!BY bklynman on 11/07/2009 at 23:49
The up coming elections in 2010 will be focused on voting Democrats out, one election at a time. It is a shame that energy is not given by Congress to develop jobs for the jobless and the jobless recovery! It appears that some elected individuals have NO shame at all!BY Blondshag on 11/07/2009 at 23:57
I want all of the so called Congress people on a list voted to run all of my life.BY earvin clark on 11/08/2009 at 00:03
Some of you are just the biggest bunch of crybaby sheep. You just can't fix stupid. Go do your friggin 'RESEARCH' and stop listening to FNN, D Student Limbaugh, C student Beck and C Student O'reilly. RIF (Reading IS Fundamental)…If you don't like it, find the 1st thing smoking and leave, I have an idea, Iraq and Afghanistan are two GREAT places you can relocate to, you bunch of losers! God Bless, Good night!BY Annoyed on 11/08/2009 at 00:03
Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.BY Judith B on 11/08/2009 at 00:13

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