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>> after months of hotly contested negotiations, the house then passed the bill in march. 34 democrats and all of the republican members of the house voted against it, but the debate didn't stop there. >> the people who voted for this bill will get an earful. >> you can say it was done openly? with transparency and accountability? hell no, you can't. >> and many pundits would say that vicious debate over the health care bill in part screwed the number four story of the year, the republican landslide of the midterm elections. >> i'm not recommending for any future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. >> fueled by tea party fervor and plunging poll numbers for the president, the democrats lost their majority in the house. they will hold on to the senate by a razor thin majority and the new year promises a far more
the number five top story of 2010 actually began one year ago today, december 4th, 2009, when the senate passed the health care reform bill with a bitterly partisan vote of 60 yeas and 39 nays. >> yes to health care as an in alienable right of every american citizen. >> we will not do this. we will not commit generational theft on future generations of americans. >> after months of hotly contested negotiations, the house then passed a bill in march with a vote of 219 to 212, 34 democrats and all of the republican members of the house voted against it. but the debate didn't stop there. >> the people who voted for this bill are going to get an earful. >> can you say it was done
nays. >> health care as an inalienable right of every american citizen. >> we will not do this. we will not commit generational theft on future generations of americans. >> after months of hotly contested negotiations, the house then passed the bill in march with a vote of 219-212. 34 democrats and all of the republican members of the house voted against it. but the debate didn't stop there. >> people who voted for this bill are going to get an earful. >> can you say it was done openly? with transparency and accountability? hell no, you can't! >> many pundits would say that vicious debate over the health care bill in part spurred the number four story of the year, the republican land slide at the midterm elections. >> i'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. >> fueled by tea party fervor,
senate passed the health care reform bill with a bitterly partisan vote of 60 yays and 39 nays. >> yes to health care, as an inalienable right of every american citizen. >> we will not do this. we will not commit generational theft on future generations of americans. >> after months of hotly contested negotiations, the house then passed a bill in march with a vote of 219-212. 34 democrats and all of the republican members of the house voted against it, but the debate didn't stop there. >> the people who voted for this bill will get an earful. >> can you say it was done openly? with transparency and accountability? hell no, you can't! >> many pundits would say that vicious debate over the health care bill in part spurred the number 4 story of the year, the rub landslide at the midterm