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Monday, 22 March 2010

The House: Thumbs Up for Reform

No surprise: Obama made a home run and took the Healthcare reform all the way through the House with a 219 to 212 vote. And through the hard work of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, even a deal with changes to it, to ensure that there is no block, once it passes through the Senate, with a 220 to 211 vote. Although with dramatic debates rolling back and forth between Democrats and Republicans, and protesters on both sides, there is no denying: the reform accomplishes politically what has taken decades to achieve.

For further information, please see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/health/policy/22health.html
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/25/polls-indicate-support-for-health-care-reform-has-increased-since-sunday-vote/