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Democratic presidents have been trying to pass health care for many years but have failed every time. It seems now that congress is closer than ever in passing reform. The problem in passing reform is usually the republican party who never try to pass reform when they have the majority in congress and always try to block it when the democrats have the majority in congress. The election of Minnesota representative really helped the democratic congress in passing health care. However, the death of Ted Kennedy and the election of Republican Scott Brown made the Minnesota representative’s election not as important as it once was. • In 1994 Bill Clinton tried vigorously pass health care reform, but the republican controlled congress stopped it from happening. Now 16 years later, President Obama has come further than any other president in passing health care reform. A bill has passed both houses of congress but the issue has now come to a halt due to the republican party spewing out false information to the general public, which changed the people’s opinion about the issue. • Minnesota representative Al Franken claimed during his campaign that one of the most important issues to him was … Continue reading