Democrat’s Healthcare Bill Passes in the U.S. House

Posted in Congress by mmorris10 on November 9, 2009

The recent health care legislation backed by democrats that has been entrenched in controversy passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today. With the recent amendment preventing abortions from being paid for by taxpayers, the bill just barely passed by five votes. Rep. Bart Stupak believes the success of this legislation came from this recent amendment to the legislation. During debate in Congress, Rep. John Dingell said that this bill, if passed into law, would give 96 percent of all Americans health coverage. To see more on this issue and what this legislation would mean for Americans if passed into law, see the videos featured bellow: