No House speaker in modern times performed as powerfully as Nancy Pelosi has in bringing health-care reform to the brink of passage. Sean Wilentz on Pelosi's historic performance.
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Barack Obama
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Harry Reid
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Evan Bayh
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Organized Labor (Andy Stern from SEIU, Richard Trumka from AFL CIO)
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