Health Care Reform has been a major initiative of the Obama Administration since winning the 2008 Election. A variety of bills and potential legislation have been suggested and even passed by both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. On March 21, 2010, a Sunday, the House passed the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, a version of which (known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) had already been passed by the Senate. Passage of this bill by the House is the clearest line to getting health care reform passed for the Democrats of the 111th Congress.
Much of the vote came down to the votes of moderate Democrats who had previously rejected aspects of the House and Senate bills. Much of the attention on March 21st focused on Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak, who had previously inserted the so-called "Stupak Amendment" into a previous House bill, forbidding any federal funds from going to cover abortions or going to health care plans that paid for abortions. Stupak had said he was voting "no" on the bill, but following negotiations with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama, he changed his position to supporting the bill.http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/88121-stupak-still-a-no-vote...4
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