WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled Congress handed President Barack Obama a huge victory Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.
UPDATE: Congress clears historic health care bill
Sunday, March 21, 2010 | 9:55 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:37 p.m. CDT, Sunday, March 21, 2010
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