... written by a Democrat as the price for supporting health care reform.

Funny how the Republicans didn't do even this much when they had party unity as well as control over the House, Senate, and the Whitehouse.

I'm glad it passed but I'm pissed that women had to be thrown under the bus to get it passed. I supposed it was ever thus.

And I would like the names of the 39 scurvy, cowardly, Dems that turned their backs on American citizens.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll887.xml#N

The Dems are listed in roman, the Repubs in italic.

C'mon November 2010 so we can throw the bums out.

Bye-bye Demowackos, then bye-bye Barry Soetoro in 2012.

insisting we all pay our taxes due. Why is he still around?

How, when, will we get rid of criminals like this running our govt.?

Underanothername - I was really sorry to see the Stupid-pak amendment pass. I'm thrilled we got decent reform through at least one of the houses, but that was a totally unnecessary surcharge.

All told - reform that will affect millions of Americans very positively. Substantial legislation. I'm trying to think what the GOP did while in power, besides flag amendments, Schiavo resolutions, tax cuts for the wealthy and the Patriot Act. Hmmm.

big kiss!

dwg - you're right. I need to look at the bigger picture and be happy that healthcare/insurance reform took a giant step forward tonight.

mikemc - thanks for the list. Looks like I'll be making some phone calls on Monday.

If the Republican were in the majority and pushing some type of important legislation you wouldn't see a single one of them voting no. This is what the democrats get for bringing DINOS into the party. Now on to the Senate where Joe Liberman awaits.

of and by the will of a clear majority of Americans. That's participatory democracy at its best.

Conspicuous by his absence, but will be visibly scorned by voters (as he knows.)

Did any of it make sense to you? Will they use Vaseline on us?

I have to agree to some degree, according to most polls, the will of the people would have been a government run single payer system. This wasn't anything like that, but still, a vast improvement over the current system. If all it did was eliminate the evil practice of denying coverage based on a pre existing conditions, then that would have been enough.

If democrats are smart, they will base their campaigns around the fact that republicans thought people should die if they had a pre existing condition, and even wrote up their own bill upholding letting people die if they've already had the nerve of having the same kind of cancer once before.

We've got a long way to go, but if the democrats do nothing more than outlaw denying coverage for pre existing conditions, this could be enough to keep the republicans out of power for a generation.

Bless your heart....

why do you think your Republican Overlords were trying so hard to stop health care.....?

Babe, it is all Bachmann for you from now on!

and, uh, wait a second...

OMG, Harry Reid is the Majority leader of the Senate. The House of Representatives voted for their bill tonight. Why on earth would Harry rRid be there? Must you always flaunt your stupidity?

I read all the pages

Ain't they all the rages!

Actually, here's a much better listing of the roll call:

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/1/887

I'm encouraged by the passing of the bill. But we still have the big hurdle of the Senate, and that may be tougher -- and this bill passed the House by only five votes. And the discrimination against women has to end. I can't see the Senate overturning that, but I'm hoping that after the bill passes, the climate will change so much that it can be amended to fix this problem. By "changes" I mean massive Democratic gains in 2010 and 2012. By opposing this bill, the Republicans are just digging their own grave.

There needs to be a clearing of air

It's getting awful stagnant out there

"the first major overhaul of the U.S. health[care] [system] in almost half a decade." Will this really be the first major overhaul in "half a decade"? I'm trying to think of anything that happened in the last five years. Did you mean "half a century," Alex?

half way there.

happy that pelosi got it done.

reid must do the same.

This country stands so still

I wonder if it's people

Even have a fuckin' will!

As someone has pointed out, it is Senator Harry Reid. Of course this is a House bill and maybe the House and Senate thing is not explained on FOX. Normally it is best to ignore trolls but this is a perfect example of the health care debate.

Know plenty of tea party people, and not one of them can follow or explain anything about health care logically. They drone on and on with the Republican talking points like parrots.

If you want to mess with their minds, get a tea babbler to explain what a tort is. Never met one yet that had a clue beyond they want tort reform.

Can you find Waldo? I mean Harry Reid...

Conspicuous by his absence, but will be visibly scorned by voters (as he knows.)

Reid's a Senator. This was a House vote.

Have you finished reading all the pages yet?

Did any of it make sense to you? Will they use Vaseline on us?

Why are so many right-wingers so deeply obsessed with anal sex? Specifically, with "catching" as opposed to "pitching"?

What with you guys and the 'Barry Soetoro' thing?

I dont get it....is it supposed to be an insult or something?

Is it like worst than Barack Hussain Obama, or...What? I dont get it?

Bunch of sick, fragile little hothouse flowers. Don't forget your mittens.

personally thank squaresville and The Fog and other 24/7 cynics and naysayers for keeping us liberals on our toes, telephone-ready, and helping us to pass this Bill.

Youse guys are rocks.