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President Barack Obama has made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation.

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.

This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill.

The first nasty floor fight in the health care debate is under way, and ita s all over a bit of theater that Democrats decided to put on at the outset of todaya s proceedings.

Handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system Saturday, advancing legislation that the Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement.

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.

Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., chairman of the House Republican Conference, tells "Fox News Sunday" that the House health care reform vote proves Democrats have not listened to American concerns about over-spending, bailouts and government takeovers.

The House of Representatives is set to vote on major health care reform legislation today.

On November 7, 2009, one Republican congressman voted in favor of health care reform bill H.R. 3962.

With eight seconds left in the voting period, Democrats began counting down, erupting in roars when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared, "The bill is passed." Read the House bill Democrat Sheila Jackson-Lee from Texas waved a copy of the bill while her colleagues pumped their fists.

"We will pass health-care reform." Obama told the lawmakers they should approve the legislation now so he can sign a bill by the end of the year, White House spokesman Bill Burton said.

On Saturday morning, a group of House Republicans -- led by Rep. Tom Price -- attempted to stop the Democratic Women's Caucus from making their arguments about how the health bill would benefit women by screaming over them.

Democrats gave the gavel to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system.

After three public hearings in one week on the increasingly hot-button issue of distracted driving, Congress appears no closer to answering the question of whether a punitive strategy for encouraging state-level action -- such as threatening to withhold highway funds -- can win sufficient support from conservatives.

When people think of health care and Congress, often the first name that springs to mind is the late Sen.

Health care is big for House Democrats: big like Social Security in the a 30s and civil rights in the a 60s, big like the war stories retold now in party caucuses as lawmakers grapple with the floor vote that is just days away.

A compromise in the long-running dispute over low-power FM stations has put more momentum behind the Local Community Radio Act of 2009, a bill that would largely remove channel-spacing rules that have blocked new LPFMs in urban areas.

The House version of health care reform legislation, H.R. 3962, was unveiled today.

The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, introduces the House health care bill at a rally on Thursday on Capitol Hill.

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., brandishes a gavel used when the legislation was passed as he speaks about health care reform Thursday on Capitol Hill.