The U.S. Senate opened debate Monday on a sweeping bill to overhaul the nation's health care system. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched what is expected to be a lengthy and rancorous legislative battle by hailing the debate as one of the most important in U.S. history.
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The amount of money lobbyists are spending on health care reform could break records, and now that the five bills before Congress have cleared committee, that spending is expected to go into overdrive. FULL STORY
Before they were Palinized -- and turned into those nasty death panels -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer had a good idea: help people prepare for the end of life.-- Gloria Borger, CNN senior political analyst
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