HiSTORY HAS BEEN MADE!!!!

[SIZE="5"]THE BILL WAS ONLY PASSED IN THE HOUSE, NOT THE SENATE.[/SIZE]

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I think this explains it a little better:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35977921/ns/...re_reform/
HR 3590 was passed by Congress quite a while ago, and just passed the House, but in order to get some hold-out Democrats in the House to vote for it, HR 4872 had to be written up which makes some amendments to the original bill. That's what needs to be pass the Senate. However, it's under different procedures for how it gets passed- "Reconciliation". The Senate doesn't need 60 votes to pass it, just 51, and it can't be filibustered. So yes, it isn't technically law yet. All of the votes are there for it to pass, it'll just take a bit more time to make the House and Senate versions of the bill equivalent.