Kansas City Star: Politics

The House of Representatives Sunday passed by a 219 to 212 vote the biggest overhaul of the nation's health care system in more than four decades, sweeping changes expected to make coverage easier and cheaper to obtain.

President Barack Obama's remarks on health care overhaul, delivered Sunday after the House passed the legislation:

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn stood on the verge of the most significant legislative triumph of his congressional career Sunday evening as a historic health care bill extending insurance to 31 million Americans neared passage.

The House of Representatives late Sunday passed by a 219 to 212 vote the biggest overhaul of the nation's health care system in more than four decades, sweeping changes expected to make coverage easier and cheaper to obtain.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn achieved the most significant legislative triumph of his congressional career Sunday evening as the House passed a historic health care bill extending insurance to more than 30 million Americans.

"Congratulations to the 219 U.S. House Democrats who made history Sunday night," The Star's Yael T. Abouhalkah writes on the Midwest Voices blog. "They moved this nation closer than ever to needed health care reform for millions of Americans."

W ASHINGTON | Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country’s immigration system, thousands of demonstrators descended on the nation’s capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.

President Barack Obama is reassuring immigration reform advocates that he is committed to working with Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a "broken immigration system."

With health care dominating House action, President Barack Obama was looking for another domestic policy victory Sunday - passage of a vast rewrite of college aid for needy students.

A Democratic lawmaker says a protester stood up in the House gallery, yelled "Kill the bill" and was cheered by Republicans.