As President Obama prepares to sign the health-care bill into law tomorrow, less-thrilled Republicans spent Monday vowing to repeal the bill and exact revenge in November’s elections. “We will not allow this to stand,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. Senate Republicans vowed to “employ every procedural maneuver available” to stop revisions made by Democrats from passing after Obama signs off on the main bill. The fixes include taking out the so-called Cornhusker Kickback, which provided extra Medicaid money to Nebraska, but Republicans are painting the package as creating higher taxes. “They want us to endorse a raft of new sweetheart deals that were struck behind closed doors last week so this thing could limp over the finish line last night,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a speech.

Health care isn't the only sector facing a makeover this week. On Monday, the Senate Banking Committee passed legislation to overhaul the country's financial regulatory system, with a 13-10 vote along party lines. The approval came faster than committee Chairman Chris Dodd had initially suggested, in part because of the Obama administration's eagerness to "move the long-stalled process forward," The Washington Post reported. Among the provisions in the bill: a new bureau within the Federal Reserve to protect consumers and a council of regulators to review threats to the financial system. In his weekly address, President Obama endorsed the bill, saying: "We need common-sense rules that will allow our markets to function fairly and freely while reining in the worst practices of the financial industry."

As Michael Jackson was dying, his doctor allegedly halted CPR and delayed calling paramedics so he could retrieve and hide drug samples at the scene. The new statements that accuse Dr. Conrad Murray of trying to hide evidence will likely be used in the involuntary manslaughter case against him. Jackson's logistics director, Alberto Alvarez, recalls rushing into the star's room and seeing him "lying in his bed, an IV attached to his leg… mouth was agape, eyes open and there was no sign of life." Alvarez says Murray handed him drug vials and told him to put them in a bag.  Murray's lawyer denied the claims that the doctor tried to hide drugs and noted Alvarez had given contrasting accounts to the police on two different occasions, calling into question his credibility.

Six months after conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute used hidden cameras to reveal ACORN workers offering questionable tax and housing advice, the once-powerful community-activist group is shutting down. The main causes: plunging revenue and a tarnished reputation. Following the incriminating and viral exposés, Congress pulled ACORN's federal funding and private donors were reluctant to fund the organization. "It's really declining revenue in the face of a series of attacks from partisan operatives and right-wing activists that have taken away our ability to raise the resources we need," an ACORN spokesman said. Two of ACORN's largest branches, the New York and California affiliates, have severed ties from the parent organization and changed their names. ACORN's board will close its state affiliates and field offices by next month.

More than two months after Google went to war with China over Internet censorship, the Web giant hopes to have found a working solution: On Monday, the search engine relaunched its Google.cn Web site from Hong Kong. By shifting its search-engine operation off the Chinese mainland, Google expects that it will no longer have to censor search results. Searches from China will be redirected to google.com.hk. It’s unclear exactly what will happen to the 600 Google employees who currently work in mainland China.

Is Barack Obama letting his campaign 2012 horse out the gate? The president will travel to Iowa City on Thursday to champion his health-care reform legislation after he signs the bill on Tuesday. Currently, Obama has invited all lawmakers who voted “yes” to attend Tuesday’s South Lawn ceremony. Meanwhile, a separate “fix-it” bill, which will amend features of the Senate bill that the House opposed, will make its way through the Senate.

Civility in Congress hit a new low on Sunday when a Republican congressman shouted “baby killer” at Rep. Bart Stupak, the Michigan Democrat who struck a compromise with President Obama on abortion language and eventually voted in favor of the bill. So who was the heckler? People were quick to note that the shouter had a thick Texan accent. Now, Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer has admitted it was him. He claims that he was not calling Stupak a "baby killer"; he claims that he was describing the legislation.

Welcome to Canada, Ann Coulter! A senior official at the University of Ottawa sent the pundit a letter prior to her visit to speak at the university with some words of warning. "Our domestic laws, both provincial and federal, delineate freedom of expression (or "free speech") in a manner that is somewhat different than the approach taken in the United States," said the letter. "I therefore encourage you to educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here." The letter continues to warn that, "promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." In response to the letter, she wrote, "I was hoping for a fruit basket, not a threat to prosecute."

Republicans appear ready to stand by the obstructionist strategy that failed to defeat health-care reform. “There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year,” McCain said on Monday. “They have poisoned the well in what they've done and how they've done it.” Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), meanwhile, said that the “the institution of Congress has been fundamentally harmed.” Gregg acknowledged, however, that health care could no longer be a winning issue for Republicans by November: “[I]t's very possible that people will not be as focused on this by next November.”

How’s this for reassurance? "For President Obama, for me, and for this entire administration, our commitment to Israel's security and Israel's future is rock solid, unwavering, enduring and forever," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told 7,000 delegates at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference on Monday. She reiterated, however that it is “impossible … [that] the status quo can be sustained.” She called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take steps such as “demonstrating respect for the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinians, stopping settlement activity, and addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.” She emphasized that the flareup over settlements in East Jerusalem during Joe Biden’s visit were “not about wounded pride”; “This is about getting to the table, creating and protecting an atmosphere of trust around it, and staying there until the job is done.”

Conan O’Brien has resumed talks with Fox about a late-night show after a two-week hiatus, but you may not have to wait until September to see him on the network: O’Brien has been invited to appear on Fox’s April 21 Idol Gives Back special. In order to appear, O’Brien would have to give up his severance with NBC, which stipulates that he cannot appear on television until May 1. It is because of that deadline that NBC has barred Conan’s invitation to appear on Idol Gives Back, reports the Hollywood Reporter. But one coincidence augurs well for Conan’s future on Fox: The one day when he has no appearances scheduled during his 30-day tour happens to be the same day as the network’s upfront presentation.

As the White House moves to close Guantanamo Bay with one hand, could it be seeking to reinvent the prison with the other? The Los Angeles Times reports that the Obama administration is considering using a military base in Afghanistan to detain terrorism suspects—basically, the same purpose Gitmo has served. The administration is apparently worried that, without replacing Gitmo, it will have no other option but to give terrorism suspects access to the U.S. court system. The idea to use the air base at Bagram, however, has some fierce opponents: General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, fears it would endanger U.S. soldiers’ lives.

Look out, Elisabeth Hasselbeck: According to The New York Times, Rosie O’Donnell is quietly working to come back to daytime TV, working with two former Warner Brothers syndication executives. The trio has formed a company and plans to independently distribute a talk show in 2011, and is looking for both a daytime syndication deal and a cable deal. One of the executives helped put The Rosie O’Donnell Show into syndication in 1996, and the popular talk show earned O’Donnell a reputation of being the “Queen of Nice.” (Her time on The View diminished that reputation somewhat.) She may have seen an opening with Oprah Winfrey’s announcement that she would say goodbye to her show next year, sending local stations scrambling to shore up their daytime schedules. O’Donnell, who has been off the air for several years, “wants to be her own boss,” the Times reports.

Is it time to re-open the Natalee Holloway investigation? A vacationing couple may have accidentally come across the missing teen's remains in Aruba, and their underwater pictures have led to a renewed search in the area where they went diving. Experts are skeptical though, and one doctor said, "I do not believe that these photos represent a body. I think it's a rock formation that certainly does present upon initial perception a suggestion of human skeletal remains, but I do not believe that it is." Holloway's family declined to comment, and there are currently no updates on the investigation, which has been under way since the 18-year-old's disappearance in 2005.

Health-care reform may have been historic, but many of its biggest reforms won’t take place for at least a couple of years. So what does the health-care bill change right now? Crooks and Liars has assembled a handy list of immediate changes. After President Obama signs the bill, children will be able to stay on their parents’ health insurance until their 26th birthdays. No child under 19 will be excluded from plans because of preexisting conditions. It will eliminate caps on how much care you can get in one year. Adults with preexisting conditions will be able to start shopping online for a plan in a national high-risk pool while waiting for insurance exchanges to get started. Small business can deduct as much as 50 percent of employees’ health benefits for tax purposes in 2009 and 2010. It will fill in the “donut hole” of Medicare prescription drug coverage with a rebate. Insurers will have to post their balance sheets online, listing administrative costs, executive compensation packages, and benefit payments. And you can no longer be dropped from your insurance plan just because you get sick.

Mazel Tov! Sacha Baron Cohen has quietly married his longtime fiance, Isla Fisher, according to Woman’s Day in Australia. The couple, who had been engaged for four years and has a two-year-old daughter, wed in Paris. “We did it–we’re married!” Fisher wrote friends in an email the day after the wedding. “It was the absolute best day of my life and in so many beautiful moments I missed you all so much. I thought of you as everything was happening, but Sacha and I wanted no fuss–just us!”

For the first time since Penn did it in 1979, a team from the Ivy League will be in the final 16 of the NCAA Tournament. With an 87-69 hiding of No. 4 seed Wisconsin, No. 12 seed Cornell booked a spot to play top-seeded Kentucky next week in what is widely expected to be a mismatch. Still, they have played with surprising poise, trailing only for a total of three minutes in their two tournament games so far. Now, after playing its first two games in Jacksonville, Cornell will move closer to home: They will play next week at Syracuse’s Carrier Dome, less than an hour’s distance from Ithaca. In other basketball news, No. 5 Michigan State upset No. 4 Maryland, with a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Barack Obama delivered the health-care reform that Democrats have been desiring for decades on Sunday night. “Tonight, we answered the call of history,” he said after the House voted 219-212 on Sunday to pass health-care reform. “Tonight, at a time when the pundits said it was no longer possible, we rose above the weight of our politics,” he said. “We proved we’re still a people capable of doing big things,” adding, “this is what change looks like.” A last-minute deal with a bloc of anti-abortion lawmakers, led by Bart Stupak, secured passage. Obama will sign the bill on Tuesday, according to The New York Times; meanwhile, a package of “fixes” will be sent to the Senate, which hopes to pass them through reconciliation.

The French left made a big comeback on Sunday—at President Nicolas Sarkozy’s expense. The vote is seen as kicking off the 2012 presidential elections in France, and Socialist Party members were joyous over winning 54 percent of the nationwide vote. Sarkozy’s UMP party pulled in just 35.5 percent. Socialists were hoping to sweep all 26 regions, and they came close, winning all except for Alsace. Turnout was low at 51 percent. Sarkozy’s chief of staff blamed the recession for voters’ anger and said the president would respond to the results with a “modest reshuffle” of the government.

In Tiger Woods' first interview in four months, the golfer told ESPN, "I've done some pretty bad things in my life." (For a full transcript, click here.) In another interview on the Golf Channel, he added, "I tried to stop and couldn't stop," and said he became "disgusted" with himself as he carried on affair after affair. He dodged a question about exactly how many affairs he had, saying "one is enough." ESPN's Tom Rinaldi asked why he married wife Elin Nordegren. "Why? 'Cause I loved her. I loved Elin with everything I have. And that's something that makes me feel even worse. That I did this to someone I loved that much," Woods said. He added that he missed the "guidance" of his deceased father. Woods said he will continue receiving therapy and will return to golf next month at the Masters.

Sunday’s other piece of reform: Attached to the sweeping health-care legislation approved by the House Sunday night was a huge overhaul of student loans. The amendments completely cut a $60 billion program subsidizing private loans, eliminating banks as the middleman, and put in its place direct lending from the government. The bill will save $61 billion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office, and much of that, $36 billion, would finance Pell grants. Without the bill, the aid from Pell program would have dwindled, cutting the maximum grant to $2,150 and kicking half a million students out of the program. The program had shrunk to cover just a third of costs at a public university, instead of two-thirds as originally intended when it was started in 1973. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Health-care reform may be remembered first and foremost as Barack Obama’s achievement, but it wouldn’t have happened without Nancy Pelosi. Politico looks at the Speaker of the House's instrumental role in pushing for reform: In the wake of Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts, she went toe-to-toe with Rahm Emanuel, who was advocating that the White House take a smaller, piecemeal approach. Pelosi lambasted Rahm’s approach as “incrementalist” and “Kiddie Care,” and ultimately, she prevailed. “I think [Pelosi] is the one who has kept the steel in the president’s back—and I think she represents that to Harry Reid, too,” says Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Pelosi’s closest friend in Congress.

Before the vote on health-care reform John Boehner asked Republican lawmakers to “behave like grownups” if the health-care bill passed. But right before the bill passed, Boehner apparently wasn’t quite ready to take his own advice. Asking members of the House if they could honestly say the bill came about through transparency and openness, he answered his own question in a call-and-response preacher style. “Hell, no, you can’t!” he shouted. “Have you read the bill? Have you read the reconciliation bill? Have you read the manager’s amendment? Hell, no, you haven’t.” With the room getting a bit testy, Representative David Obey (D-WI), in the chair, reminded everyone where they were. “Both sides would do well to remember the dignity of the House,” Obey said. Speaker Pelosi spoke next, thanking President Obama and the late Ted Kennedy, before the House passed the historic reform.