House opens debate on historic health billThe House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system. In the opening moments of debate, Democrats hailed the legislation as an advance for the nation's social fabric and a moral and economic imperative. Republicans said it would be a government takeover of the health care system that would damage the economy and erode Erode (ĕrōd`), city (1991 urban agglomeration pop. 361,755), Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Kaveri River. The city is located in a cotton-growing region, and its industries include cotton ginning and the manufacture of transport equipment. the doctor-patient relationship doctor-patient relationship, n in-teraction between a physician and a patient. . The vote planned for late Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. was expected to be tight. Democratic leaders hoped a late-morning visit by Obama to Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. Hill would push it over the edge. 
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