U.S. House Passes Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform

2010-03-22 10:50:37 Xinhua Web Editor: Liu Donghui

U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday night passed a "fix-it" bill of the health insurance reform. Together with the Senate version of the health care bill passed earlier in the night, they will form the comprehensive health care reform legislation.

The bill cleared the chamber in a 220 to 211 vote. 33 Democrats and all 178 House Republican opposed it. The Senate version of the health reform bill cleared the House in a 219 to 212 vote earlier.

The "fix-it" bill will then head to the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he has rounded enough votes to pass it in the upper chamber.

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