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• Rep. Lujan on his health care reform bill

  A statement from Congressman Ben Ray Lujan:"The Affordable Health Care for America Act will take significant steps to reform our broken health insurance system that makes it too difficult for families to find affordable, accessible health insurance," said Rep. Luj?n. "Right now, too many families are being hurt by out-of-control" [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:34pm EST
  

• U.S. House passes health care reform bill

  The U.S. House just passed health care reform on a 220-215 vote.

  New Mexico Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan voted for the bill while Congressman Harry Teague voted against the bill.

  One Republican, Joseph Cao of Louisiana, voted for the bill.

  The bill will now head to the U.S. Senate.
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:18pm EST
  

• Obama to House: "Vote yes for health insurance reform"

  The House is debating health care reform, and the scuttlebutt from Americablog is a 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time vote.

  Earlier today, after a closed door meeting with House Democrats, President Barack Obama addressed the press from the Rose Garden.

  "Now is the time to finish the job," Obama said. "The" [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  

• Heinrich speaks in favor of health care reform

  Congressman Martin Heinrich took to the House floor to speak about health care reform today, the day that the House is expected to vote on health care reform.

  Here's the video:

  "Six principles have guided my work here and determined my vote on this legislation: health insurance reform must create stability, contain" [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 2:18pm EST