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In a victory for President Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

A relieved President Barack Obama said he expected to sign health care legislation by the end of the year after the US House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping reform bill that would provide insurance coverage to almost every American at a cost of $1.2 trillion over ten years.

While many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, a number of national lawmakers are living comfortably: Figures from 2008 suggest 44 percent of Congress members are millionaires, compared to around one percent of the general population.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act , which its supporters say "will slow the growth in out-of-control health costs and introduce competition into the health care marketplace to keep coverage affordable and insurers honest.

Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Livonia. One need look no further than Metro Detroit to see the partisan divide holding up the Obama administration's attempt to overhaul the nation's health care system.

General Dynamics Corp. is building a Detroit-area center it says will speed the design and construction of new military land vehicles.

Michigan lawmakers are weighing in on the House passage of the health care bill.

Home : World : U.S. health-care bill faces tough odds in Senate U.S. health-care bill faces tough odds in Senate Viewer A presidential historian discusses the need for U.S. President Barack Obama to finish the process of pushing health care legislation through the senate.

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment: health care OVERHAUL UPDATE: House narrowly passes health care bill Washington A cheer from the Democratic side of the House has heralded the passage of sweeping health care overhaul legislation in the chamber, with a narrow 220-215 vote.

Washington -- Michigan's 15 House members split along party lines Saturday night on a health care bill that Rep.

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.

A bipartisan group of 37 members of Congress have sent a letter to GMAC and Chrysler Financial urging them to work to settle "an impasse in financing terms" that has some Chrysler Group LLC dealers concerned they will have to close because they cannot secure the financing they need to operate.

Amid all the hullabaloo over health care in Congress last week, a revealing battle over Great Lakes shipping played out almost unnoticed in the background.

Michigan's 2009-10 budget remains in limbo, and the uncertainty is hurting local governments.

If William L. Owens is elected to Congress next week, he'll have plenty of thank-you notes to send to colleagues in the House.

Shipping companies that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes have enlisted support from leading congressional Democrats to ward off air pollution regulations they say would be financially ruinous.

Unemployment is high, politicians' job performance ratings are low and there is unrest in the hinterlands.