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House panel OKs major healthcare compromise

Jul. 31, 2009
The largely party-line decision will allow a full House vote after the August recess. Democratic lawmakers are geared up to promote the overhaul across the country. House Democrats tonight pushed ambitious healthcare legislation through a key committee, clearing the way for a final vote this fall.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch