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Clinton pokes fun at Dems, GOP and himself
AP - Former President Bill Clinton poked fun at Republicans, Democrats, his own health and his audience of reporters Saturday night, telling the Gridiron Club's annual dinner he was there because 'I really didn't have anything much better to do tonight.'
Tea party protesters use racial epithet against Georgia's John Lewis
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Demonstrators outside the U.S. Capitol, angry over the proposed health care bill, shouted 'nigger' Saturday at U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia congressman and civil rights icon who was nearly beaten to death during an Alabama march in the 1960s.
Tadic absent as Balkan leaders meet on EU integration
AFP - An EU-Balkans summit aimed at speeding up the region's European integration met on Saturday, overshadowed by Serb President Boris Tadic's last minute decision not to attend.
French police video shows firemen, not commandos
AP - French investigators hunting for a gang of armed fugitives from the Basque separatist group ETA released a video of what they said were the suspects: a group of fit, trim young men captured in a grainy surveillance video at a suburban Paris supermarket.
Obama on the brink of a health care reinvention
AP - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near.
Hoyer: Dems will have votes for health care bill
AP - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says Democrats will have the 216 votes needed to pass health care reform when it comes to the floor for a vote.
Key anti-abortion Dem says he's hopeful on talks
AP - The leader of a key bloc of anti-abortion House Democrats says he's hopeful of an agreement that would allow him to vote for the health care bill.
Ohio Democrat says she will vote for health bill
AP - One of the House Democrats who had been undecided over the health care bill because of concerns it would put public money toward abortion says she is voting for the measure.
Muslim-Jewish tensions roil a Swedish city
AP - Marcus Eilenberg is a Swedish Jew whose family roots in Malmo go back to the 19th century. His paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors who found shelter in this southern Swedish city in 1945. His wife's parents fled to Sweden from communist Poland in the 1960s.
Leaders Still Rounding Up Votes
CQPolitics.com - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) predicted Sunday that Democrats will have the votes to pass the massive health care bill later in the day, but he suggested a number of crucial Members were still undecided.
Protester disrupts House, yells 'Kill the Bill'
AP - A Democratic lawmaker says a protester stood up in the House gallery, yelled 'Kill the bill' and was cheered by Republicans.
Dem chairman says abortion foe on board
AP - A Democratic chairman says a leading abortion foe will back President Barack Obama's health care bill. But the office of Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan says no decision has been made.
Steele, Boehner: Slurs don't represent protests
Politico - They're 'isolated incidents' by 'idiots.'
Pelosi heckled while leading Dems to Capitol
AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are voting on the historic health care overhaul as a gesture for the American people.
Rove: Significant Loss of Seats Due to Health Vote
CQPolitics.com - Former top Bush White House political strategist Karl Rove on Sunday blamed President Barack Obama for polls showing a majority of Americans believe the political process is broken.
Leading abortion foe reaches pact on health care
AP - A leading Democratic abortion foe in the House says he has reached agreement with the White House and party leaders to make sure health care legislation does not permit the use of federal funds for elective abortions.
White House announces executive order on abortion
AP - President Barack Obama has announced plans to issue an executive order assuring that health care overhaul legislation would not change the restrictions on federal money for abortion.
W.H., Stupak abortion agreement
Politico - Plan includes a series of steps to defuse the controversy and secure Dem votes.
Frank: 'Mass hysteria' on the Hill
Politico - Protesters disrupt Pelosi, Dem lawmakers' march across Capitol.
Insurers, doctor-owned hospitals get late help
AP - Tucked into President Barack Obama's health care bill are several 11th-hour changes that help major insurance companies and doctor-owned hospitals.
GOP, Tea Party try to distance themselves from racial taunts
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Republican Party officials and Tea Party protest organizers Sunday condemned health care demonstrators who hurled racial and homophobic slurs at black and gay lawmakers Saturday at the Capitol.
Obama plans health care statement Sunday night
AP - Sensing victory, President Barack Obama is planning to make a statement to the nation Sunday night after the House takes its final vote on health care legislation.
History in sight for Democrats
Politico - Stupak announces he and fellow anti-abortion Dems reached an agreement with the W.H.
Support of holdout Democrats assures health bill's passage
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The biggest overhaul of the nation's health care system in more than four decades got a crucial boost — and now appears likely to pass _as a group of anti-abortion Democrats got assurances from President Barack Obama that federal abortion policy won't change.
Some Dems walk plank with 'yes' vote
Politico - POLITICO runs down the lawmakers whose votes could cost them dearly in November.
Health care demonstrators gather outside Capitol
AP - Hundreds of boisterous protesters gathered outside the Capitol on Sunday afternoon to voice their opposition to the health care legislation being debated inside.
Abortion compromise doesn't satisfy critics
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.
French regional elections seen as test for Sarkozy
AP - WHO VOTES: Any of France's 45 million registered voters.
Obama abortion order lures votes, riles Republicans
Reuters - President Barack Obama announced on Sunday he will reaffirm a ban on using federal funds to pay for abortions, which convinced some holdout Democrats to support the healthcare overhaul but riled Republicans who said the decision could be easily reversed.
Boehner: Health bill fails the country
AP - House Republican leader John Boehner says congressional health care legislation fails the country and says Congress has failed to listen to America.
Clyburn revels in health care victory
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn stood on the verge of the most significant legislative triumph of his congressional career Sunday evening as a historic health care bill extending insurance to 31 million Americans neared passage.
House Moves Toward Historic Vote
CQPolitics.com - House Democrats passed the rule on their massive health care overhaul with votes to spare Sunday evening on a 224-206 vote, clearing the way for passage later in the night.
House passes Democratic changes to health bill
AP - The House has passed key changes to its just-approved overhaul of health care legislation. The changes are part of a prearranged agreement to guarantee passage of the historic legislation.
Stupak called 'baby killer'
Politico - The House rep. says Republicans are just trying to keep Americans from affordable health care.
Huge win for Obama, but maybe not House Dems
Politico - The victory, almost inconceivable a month ago, provides an immense, immediate boost for Obama.
House boosts college aid for students in need
AP - Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students and moves President Barack Obama closer to winning yet another of his top domestic policies.
Instant View: House gives final approval to health reform
Reuters - The House of Representatives gave final approval to healthcare reform on Sunday, extending insurance coverage to 32 million Americans.
U.S. House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul
Reuters - The U.S. 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.
Pelosi's persistence pays off in final health care push
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already made the history books, and now she's written a new chapter in wielding power.
For Democrats, This Isn't Simply Another Chicken Little Story
CQPolitics.com - For Democrats, the sky is falling, according to two national polls, one conducted by Peter Hart and Bill McInturff for NBC News/Wall Street Journal and the other by OnMessage Inc. for the Republican National Committee.
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