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Weekly Pulse: Obama Signs Health Reform Bill, Backlash Begins

Posted Mar 24, 2010 @ 11:45 am by Lindsay Beyerstein
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger

Image courtesy of Flickr user Andrew Aliferis, via Creative Commons LicenseYesterday, President Barack Obama signed health care reform into law. As Mike Lillis explains in the Washington Independent, the bill now proceeds to the Senate for reconciliation. The whole process could be complete by the end of the week. Republicans and their allies have already moved to challenge reform in court.

Legal challenges

The fight is far from over, however. Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly notes that Republicans have already filed papers to challenge health care reform in court. The Justice Department has pledged to vigorously defend health care reform, according to Zach Roth of TPM Muckraker. (more…)