The New York Times
Tue, March 23, 2010 -- 11:56 AM ET
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Obama Signs Landmark Health Care Bill
With the stroke of President Obama's pen, his health care
overhaul -- the most sweeping social legislation enacted in
decades -- became law on Tuesday.
Mr. Obama affixed his curlicue signature, almost letter by
letter, to the measure, the Affordable Health Care for
America Act, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White
House, surrounded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate
Democratic Leader Harry Reid and a raft of other lawmakers
who spent the past year on a legislative roller-coaster ride
trying to pass it. Aides said he would pass out the 20 pens
he used as mementoes.
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