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Neither President Obama nor any member of Congress would argue that the health reform bill passed Saturday night by the House is flawless.

Today, Congressman John Yarmuth , Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Ken Lucas, and representatives from the Legal Aid Society of Louisville announced that the Legal Services Corporation has awarded a $79,000 grant to the Legal Aid Society to provide legal assistance to low-income veterans in Kentucky.

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth gave a $79,000 check to the Legal Aid Society of Louisville Tuesday to help the organization reach out to veterans.

Local leaders are hoping a new grant will help veterans with legal advice. There are 344,000 veterans in Kentucky and nearly 1/3 of the state's veterans don't have the legal representatives they need.

Governor Steve Beshear joined Congressman John Yarmuth and Mayor Jerry Abramson today to announce that new federal stimulus money will help enroll more children in Jefferson County in the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program .

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The only member of Kentucky's Congressional delegation to vote in favor of the health care reform bill believes a similar measure will pass the Senate.

WASHINGTON - For area Democratic lawmakers, the House vote Saturday on health care reform was an historic opportunity to fulfill a 100-year-old progressive vision of universal coverage for all Americans.

Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, who faced sharp pushback from conservatives over his failure to hold health care reform town halls during the August recess, was one of 39 Democrats to vote Saturday evening against the historic health care overhaul at the top of the Obama administration's domestic agenda.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping health care reform bill late Saturday night, 220-215. Third District Congressman John Yarmuth was the only Kentucky representative who voted for the bill.

Long-awaited legislation to replace three federal reading programs - Early Reading First, Reading First, and Striving Readers - was introduced Nov.

Just across the Ohio River from Louisville, in Indiana's 6th district, Republican congressman Mike Pence has been speaking out against the latest iteration of ObamaCare: the Pelosi health care plan.

" Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray , and Representatives John Yarmuth and Jared Polis announced they would introduce major legislation to fund comprehensive literacy programs in states across the country.

The federal government has awarded a Kentucky pharmaceutical company more than $2 million in stimulus dollars to develop a patch that will ease the withdrawal symptoms of marijuana.

Democratic leaders say they are closer to making affordable, quality health insurance available for every American.

WASHINGTON - The federal effort to kick-start the economy with extra government spending has produced 4,173 jobs in Kentucky so far, the White House and state officials said Friday.

President Obama has signed the final versions of the fiscal 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Act and the fiscal 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, thus approving more than $1 million in federal funding for several Louisville projects requested by Rep.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday was set to unveil a health reform bill that includes the more moderate version of a public option and an expansion of Medicaid eligibility levels to 150% of the federal poverty level, though "sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved," the Washington Post reports .

WASHINGTON - The homeland security spending bill signed this week by President Barack Obama includes more than $15 million for Kentucky.

The bill passed the Senate last Thursday with a 68-29 vote in favor of the bill; both Kentucky Senators Bunning and McConnell voted against the measure.