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HuffPost Politics Health care reform PASSES in the House -- watch video of the moment.

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After months of debate, the House of Representatives is set to vote on major health care reform legislation today. Keep updating this page for breaking news updates, read the overview AP coverage HERE, and follow live streaming video of the fierce House debate and Twitter updates HERE.
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HuffPost Politics Dan Froomkin: Obama needs your help

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Arianna Huffington and Drew Westen earlier this week posted persuasive arguments that Barack Obama, as president, should govern the way he campaigned for the job: Fired up, with an unswerving focus on ...
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HuffPost Politics Meet Chuck DeVore, new conservative hope

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One of the next great conservative hopes seems likely to be a California Republican who has already taken on Senate Republicans, has ties to birthers and tea-partiers and is virtually unknown by the mainstream media establishment. ...
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HuffPost Politics Sam Stein at the tea party

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The only thing more frightening than being caught in an angry mob of health care protesters is revealing to that angry mob that you work for the Huffington Post.
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HuffPost Politics Hoyer: No leaving until we're done

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Anyone trying to delay the House floor vote on health reform should know they're not leaving until it's done, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Friday. Democratic leaders are still working to nail ...
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HuffPost Politics Ned Lamont running for governor in 2010

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Ned Lamont, the Connecticut Democrat who nearly took out Sen. Joseph Lieberman in the 2006 elections, is planning a run for the state's governor's chair in 2010. In an interview with the Huffington ...
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HuffPost Politics Inhofe walks out of climate bill hearing

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Just like the day before, only one Republican showed up for the Senate's climate change hearing Wednesday morning -- but not to debate.
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HuffPost Politics PARTICIPATE: Send us video responses to the Maine gay marriage decision

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PORTLAND, Maine — Gay marriage was put to a vote in Maine on Tuesday in a closely watched referendum that gay-rights activists across the country hoped would prove for the first time that their cause can prevail at the ballot box. ...
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HuffPost Politics One year later: Share your election night pictures

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Wednesday is the one year anniversary of President Obama's election -- and to remember that historic moment, HuffPost would like to collect readers' photos from November 4th, 2008. Send them to us and put them in a slideshow.
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HuffPost Politics A little weird

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Was a Republican official trick-or-treating with someone dressed as murdered child beauty queen Jon Benet Ramsey? Nebraska Republican Party Chairman Mark Fahleson tweeted on Halloween night: "Done ...
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HuffPost Politics WATCH: Rape victim confronts David Vitter

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Last month, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) opposed a congressional measure to prohibit the government from working with contractors who deny victims of rape or assault the right to bring their cases to court.
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HuffPost Politics Pelosi v. Big Pharma

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As Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat down to put the finishing touches on the House health care bill Wednesday night, the California Democrat was stuck between four competing directives. The first three, handed ...
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HuffPost Politics Lieberman's colleagues: You've turned your back on our state

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Two of Connecticut's five members of the House of Representatives accused the state's junior senator, Joseph Lieberman, of turning his back on the interests of his state by threatening to filibuster health care reform. ...
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HuffPost Politics WATCH: Reid appeals to voters

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Harry Reid, in a new Web video posted Thursday, makes the case for a public health insurance option and appeals to voters across the country to contact Washington to "push hard" for its inclusion in the final bill. ...
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HuffPost Politics Send us a political pumpkin

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Pumpkin carving is messy. Satisfy your urge to decorate vegetables without all the gunk by photoshopping your favorite (or least favorite) politician onto this pumpkin.