Dodd: We Have A Lot Of Work Cut Out For Us

After the Senate voted 60-39 on Saturday night to open debate on its health care bill, Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) says that passing the bill "will not be easy, we've got a lot of work cut out for us." (0:22)
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Healthcare Bill Will Be Clearer Once Debate Begins, Says Reid

Shortly after the Senate voted 60-39 to allow floor debate on the health care bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announces that as soon as debate begins the American people will see the clear differences between the Democrats' plan and the Republican alternative. (0:27)
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GOP Leaders Look To Suade Moderate Democrats On Health Care Vote

As the Senate prepares to take on health care reform Saturday, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) says that he hopes to convince a few moderate Democrats to join the GOP in voting against the bill. (0:27)
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Senate Democrats Employ 'Gimmickry' To Keep Health Bill Below $900 Billion

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Democrats are using tricky tactics to pass healthcare reform legislation that will cost less than $900 billion. (0:51)
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Florida Rep. Shocked By Sessions Remarks

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) says she was shocked over remarks made by U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) last week. Sessions compared pregnant women to cigarette smokers in arguing that they should pay higher health insurance premiums. (0:32)
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Six Million People Eligible For Public Option In House Health Care Bill, Says Expert

Health Expert Trudy Lieberman says that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is estimating that only about six million Americans will be able to take advantage of the public option plan in the House health care bill. (0:29)
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Obama Touts Health Care Victory, New Iraqi Election Law

President Barack Obama praised the House of Representatives Sunday for passing the Affordable Health Care for America Act the previous night.

The president added that he was "absolutely confident" the Senate will pass similar legislation.

Obama also discussed a new election law recently passed by the Iraqi parliament that establishes national elections next year, a step that the president says will pave the way for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces. (4:55)
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Pelosi Credits Obama For Health Care Victory

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) credited President Barack Obama for his leadership in the health care reform debate, saying that the legislation would not have been possible had Obama not been elected. (0:16)
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Pelosi Laughs Off Closeness Of Health Care Vote

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) laughs off questions regarding how narrow Democrats passage of the Affordable Health Care for America act was, and instead touts the party's success. (0:20)
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Pelosi Hopes Health Care Reform Will Eventually Garner Bipartisan Support

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says that she is hopeful that health care reform will eventually garner bipartisan support.

"A number of Republican members have said to me 'I'm hoping I can be there on the conference report.'" said Pelosi during a press conference.
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Pennsylvania Rep. Says Obama Must Play A More Active Role In Health Care Debate

U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-Penn.) says it's time for President Obama to "step up" on health care reform and play a more active role than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). (0:32)
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Republican Health Care Plans Do Not Raise Taxes Or Add To Deficit, Says Wyoming Rep.

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) says she is in favor of the Republican alternatives to health care reform legislation pitched by the Democrats. She says Republican plans do not increase taxes or add to the deficit. (0:13)
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Seniors Ought To Be Worried Over Reduction Of Medicare Funds, Says Ohio Rep.

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) says the people who need to be concerned with the proposed health care reform bills are senior citizens since costs will be covered by making cuts to Medicare. Additionally, Latta says if Medicare funds can be paid for by waste fraud and abuse, the people currently in charge of waste fraud and abuse should lose their jobs.
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Health Care Needs TORT Reform Right Now, Says Ohio Rep.

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) says the current health care reform bills are not talking about TORT reform. He says the American people know health care reform is needed, but he says it needs to be done right. (0:17)
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Republicans Want Heath Care Reform, Not Higher Taxes, Says Texas Rep.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) says that Republicans want to reform health care without raising taxes or increasing the deficit. (0:19)
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Health Care Reform Is At "The Home Stretch" Says White House Advisor

Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett says health care reform is "at the home stretch, but not at the finish line yet." (0:20)
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Hoyer Claims Health Care Talks Were Transparent

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) claimed during the unveiling ceremony for the Affordable Health Care For America Act that the drafting of the bill was the most transparent process he had seen in his twenty-nine year career. (0:15)
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Hit The Reset Button On Health Reform Says Minnesota Congressman

Congressman John Kline (R-Minn) urges his colleagues in the House to hit the reset button on health care reform, and to try a new strategy that is not only bipartisan, but will not take away coverage benefits for 10 million Americans.(0:30)
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Public Option Will Spur Innovation Says Illinois Senator

Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) says Wednesday on the Senate floor that a public option plan would spur innovation in the health insurance industry. (0:51)
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AHIP CEO Raises Fiscal And Fairness Questions Over Individual Mandate

America's Health Insurance Plans CEO Karen Ignagni ask how Congress and the health care industry will address issues of fiscal responsibility and fairness if Congress requires people to buy health insurance coverage.

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