Obama, Democrats show command of health care votes (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 03/21/2010 - 6:52pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a large gavel as she emerges from a Democratic Caucus meeting with from left, Reps.<br /><br />Steny Hoyer, D-Md., John Lewis, D-Ga., and at right is Rep. Jim Clyburn, on Sunday, March 21, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.




 

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