Obama secures healthcare win
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WASHINGTON: The US Congress narrowly passed an historic health overhaul, taking the United States closer to universal medical care and handing Barack Obama the biggest triumph of his presidency. After weeks of behind the scenes wheeler-dealing and bitter debate, the Democrat-held House of Representatives voted 219-212 late Sunday to approve a bill extending health coverage to 32 million more Americans in the most sweeping social policy shift in four decades. Tonight we answered the call of history as so many Americans...
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