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WASHINGTON, D.C. – One day after the House of Representatives narrowly approved a health-care reform bill, President Barack Obama thanked members for their “courageous vote,” The New York Times reported.
Speaking at the White House on Sunday, Obama said, “Moments like this are why they sent us here,” according to the Times. He also urged the Senate to “take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line.”
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On Saturday, the president had visited Capitol Hill and appealed to lawmakers to support the legislation, which will cost $1.1 trillion over 10 years.  That night, the House voted, 220-215,  in favor of the bill, after Democrats made concessions on insurance coverage for abortions, according to the Times.
Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao of Louisiana was the only Republican to vote for the bill.
The Times reported that Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said he plans to bring a health-care bill to the Senate floor as soon as possible, but Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, argued Sunday that the House bill “is dead on arrival in the Senate.”
The Associated Press reported that the House bill’s government health insurance plan is “unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.”
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If such a plan goes forward, “as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote,” said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Democrat-turned-Independent, according to the AP. Democrats need Lieberman’s vote to overcome Republican filibusters, the AP said.
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- MetroHealth says it shouldn’t pay contractor (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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