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Final health care vote set for Thursday morning
Now that the Senate has voted to end debate on its version of the health care bill, it is on track to hold a final vote on Christmas eve, but there's still a long way to go before a bill is on the President's desk. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about what's in the House and Senate health care bills and what's next.
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Dear President Obama #338: For crying out loud: Just vote already
Posted 08:30 AM ET

Tom Foreman | BIO
AC360° Correspondent


A group of friends and I went golfing once, and this guy Craig said, “Hey, let’s put some money on the game to make it interesting.” Not being a regular or particularly skilled golfer, my immediate response was, “My tee shot just sliced over two fairways and knocked out the beer cart girl. Don’t you think that’s interesting enough?”

Drug cartel retaliation suspected in Mexico shootings
Posted 06:11 AM ET

Mexico City, Mexico
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Three members of the family of a Mexican marine who died in a shootout last week were killed Tuesday in the southern state of Tabasco, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said.

'Twas the night before Christmas
Posted 09:48 PM ET

Matt Latimer
Author, Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor
Former White House Speechwriter


Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Congress,
Every creature was frantic,
from lnsurers to lobbyists.

Surviving loneliness on the road
Posted 09:26 PM ET

Chris Guillebeau
AC360° Contributor


When I venture out in to the world by myself, as I am prone to do from time to time, people sometimes ask, “Don’t you get lonely?” There are two answers to this question, both of which are true.

Health care reform and personal responsibility
Posted 09:02 PM ET

Dr. Sanjay Gupta | BIO
AC360° Contributor
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent


As we continue this discussion, there are a few emerging themes. So, to keep the direction focused, I will try and take on one at a time. The topic I would like to explore today is “personal responsibility.”

Evening Buzz: Tracking the Cash on Capitol Hill
Posted 07:42 PM ET

Maureen Miller
AC360° Writer

 

Mark your calendar. The vote for final passage of the Senate health care reform plan is now set for Christmas Eve morning.

The battle for Sean Goldman: The view from Brazil
Posted 05:08 PM ET

Andrew Downie
Time


There are few winners in the case of Sean Goldman, the 9-year old boy at the center of a custody battle between his American father and Brazilian stepfather. But the losers are easy to spot, starting with common sense. More worryingly for Brazil, a growing nation desperate to be taken seriously on the world stage, is the damage being done to its image.

Forgetting Tiger
Posted 04:40 PM ET

Michael Schulder
CNN Senior Executive Producer


The Tiger Woods story has triggered a memory that led me to two old photos. One photo is real. One is doctored.

Interactive: How health lobbyists influenced the reform bill
Posted 04:04 PM ET

Medill News Service and the Center for Responsive Politics
For the Chicago Tribune


Behind Congress' overhaul of the $2 trillion health care system is an army of lobbyists with a heavy complement of insiders, former staffers who had either worked for Congressional leaders or for congressmen who worked on committees that had a hand in shaping the legislation. This database details more than 200 of these former staffers who lobbied health care issues in 2008 and 2009.

Denied coverage? Not anymore, I hope
Posted 03:56 PM ET

Ismael Estrada
AC360° Producer


It was 6 a.m. on September 1, 1991. I was 20 and in a deep sleep in my childhood bedroom. I had come home for a few months and found that there was no comfort like the familiar bed where you've slept your entire life. My sister tapped me on the shoulder gently to wake me up. She whispered in my ear and I jumped out of bed. It was the worst day of my life.

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