The House of Representatives, spurred on by a call by President Barack Obama to "answer the call of history," did so late Saturday night, passing a bill to expand health insurance coverage to millions who lack it. The vote, however, was a narrow victory, 220 - 215.

Democratic leaders in the House continue to count votes one by one as debate proceeds on the sweeping healthcare reform bill. A vote could come as soon as 10 p.m. tonight, and it's anticipated that the vote on the bill will be close.

The U.S. Senate passed landmark legislation Thursday. The bill makes violence against gays and lesbians a federal crime.

Nicole Kidman appeared on Capitol Hill yesterday, testifying before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that is considering legislation to address violence against women overseas. The committee is considering enacting legislation to protect women through humanitarian relief efforts and grants to local organizations working on this issue.

Congress is on the verge of significantly expanding hate crimes law to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation.

Sept. 17th is Constitution Day, which means, you might ask, what exactly? It's not really a holiday, but rather a federal observance of the signing and ratification of the United States Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787.

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) will milk this for as long as he can. After his "You lie!" outburst during Barack Obama's health insurance reform speech on Wednesday night (and some said he planned that "outburst," as the text of the speech was known to all), he apologized, though somewhat unrepentently. He told Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday that he won’t apologize to Congress.

Maybe Congress should scrap their efforts at health care and health insurance reform. Old fashioned bartering for health care is growing in popularity among Americans. Take note President Obama.

The Cash for Clunkers car rebate program which can put as much as $4,500 into the consumers pocket has proven more popular than expected. Less than a week after the $1 billion trade-in program commenced it may have burned through available funds. As a result, Congressional sources report yesterday that the program could be put on hold.

This may shake things up a bit. Congressman John Fleming is urging members of Congress to sign up for a public health care plan. The resolution can be viewed at fleming.house.gov.

YEREVAN--In a letter to the chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Howard Berman, the Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Armen Rustamian on Thursday expressed his strong support for US affirmation of the Armenian Genocide, stressing that US recognition would be the greatest contributor to the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.

Barack Obama spoke to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Though not an official State of the Union address, he outlined his plan for the economy, health care and more, telling Americans that “we will rebuild, we will recover and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.”