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Senate passes health care legislation

We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security and stability to the American people.

These are not small reforms; these are big reforms. If passed, this will be the most important piece of social legislation since the Social Security Act passed in the 1930s and the most important reform of our health care system since Medicare passed in the 1960s.

— Obama remarks on the Senate passage of the health care legislation he has trumpeted for months, clearing the way for compromise talks with the House. Dec. 24, 2009.

Palin Happy To Accept Political Demise

"I said before I stood in front of the mic the other day, you know, politically speaking - if I die, I die. So be it." -- Sarah Palin

— Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tells ABC if she has signed the death warrant on her own political career

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Hillary Clinton on Barack Obama's Senate record

"A president can't dodge the big fights, can't find political cover, or have words speak louder than actions."

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