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House Rules Committee Chair Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., right, and the committee's ranking Republican Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif. take part in the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote.


Wed Mar 17 18:52:15 -0500 2010

Idaho Gov. C.L. 'Butch' Otter addresses the media during a news conference on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 inside his office at the Idaho statehouse in Boise, Idaho. On Wednesday Otter signed a piece of legislation that will require the state of Idaho to sue the federal government upon passage of health care reform which comes as Democrats in Congress hope to pass healthcare reform this weekend. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)AP - Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.


Wed Mar 17 18:37:16 -0500 2010