Monday, November 9, 2009

House of Representatives passes Health Care Reform Bill

H.R. 2962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, passed late on Saturday with a vote of 220-215.  39 Democrats broke from the party to vote against the act, while only 1 Republican voted for the act: Rep. Joseph Cao from Louisiana.

Read the bill here:

http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf

The bill will now go to the Senate.






Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Urban Studies



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