Yesterday the House of Representatives made history by passing HR 3692, The Affordable Health Care for America Act.  We are finally one step closer to joining the rest of the developed world in providing health care for our people.  The bill is not perfect, but I am proud that 218 Representatives, including Rep. Cao, saw that this is an amazing opportunity to make an impact in the lives of tens of millions of Americans, and a huge stride in the direction of steering our broken health care system in the right direction.  Rep.

I'm not sure if this is the battle or the war, but Joe Wilson and his hateful anti immigrant forces seem to have won.  

Even though his outburst last Wednesday had dems across the country throwing money at his opponent, word since late Friday was that Baucus has written more restrictive language in the Senate Finance proposal to exclude immigrants.  

If you didn't know, Congressman Wilson (South Carolina - R) shouted "You lie!" at the President of the United States of America during a joint session of Congress.  South Carolina Democratic party chair Carol Fowler commented, "Never has any member of Congress shown such disrespect for the president during a speech" (CNN)  FYI, you can contribute to Wilson's midterm election opponent -- Rob Miller has a decent shot

After two weeks of incredible posts on the need for a broad and inclusive health reform, the fight to pass health reform will happen in the predominantly API SoCal town of Alhambra on Tuesday night, when Congressman Adam Schiff, a "Blue-Dog" Democrat, hosts a townhall on health care reform.