White House correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with press secretary Robert Gibbs.

The Washington bureau will also be covering the following:

- The National Science Foundation (NSF) launch of an inter-agency program aimed at generating predictions of climate change.

- Doctors for America march and rally of health professionals to support health care reform.

- Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) news conference to respond to the Iranian government’s “media blitz and cyber attack” that shut down HRA’s main portal for reporting human rights abuses in Iran.

Following the House Democrats’ successful health care vote, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) asks what CDs, Hummers, polyester suits and pre-existing conditions have in common.

“They’re gone, baby, gone,” Becerra answers. (0:19)

 

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer responded to the most common question posed by reporters in the lead up to the health care vote.

“We had the votes,” Hoyer teased in an early Monday morning press conference. (0:09)

 

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) credited President Barack Obama with providing influence and strategy in the struggle to pass health care reform legislation. (0:11)

 

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) congratulated her fellow Democrats early Monday morning following the passage of sweeping health care reform legislation.

“This happened because we had the leadership of the President of the United States,” said Pelosi during a post-vote press conference. “It happened because, in the House, our leadership worked not as a team, but a close partnership.”

Pelosi also expressed her gratitude for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who will be tasked with securing 51 votes in his chamber to pass the reconciliation package approved by the House Sunday night.

Sunday’s vote marks the latest legislative victory for Pelosi, who has previously passed the House’s version of health care reform, cap and trade legislation and the jobs bill.

The House of Representatives voted by 220 to 211 to pass a reconciliation bill with key amendments to the Senate version of health care reform legislation passed earlier in through the lower chamber.

The bill will now go to the Senate, where, due to the upper chamber’s procedural rules, it can be voted on through a simple majority and without the threat of filibuster.

Sunday’s series of vote signal the final stage of the year-long debate over health care reform.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) says Sunday night on the House floor that health care reform legislation is the Civil Rights Act of the 21st century. (0:14)

 

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“The choice is whether we want to become a country that is unrecognizable or one that will fulfill the American dream,” House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said on the House floor Sunday night in the lead up to the health care reform legislation votes. (0:35)

 

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Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) accused Republicans of fear mongering with their rhetoric on health care for veterans. Rep. David Camp (R-Mich.) asks for the comments to be stricken from the record. Pascrell then says he stands by his statements. (0:39)

 

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House Republicans claimed Sunday that pro-life members of Congress should continue to oppose health care reform legislation, despite the promise of an executive order from the White House to assure that no federal funds will go towards abortion.

“An executive order issued by the president is not worth the paper it is written on,” said Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) during an early evening press conference with pro-life Republicans. “It is not the law of the land and it can be rescinded in the blink of an eye.” (0:13)

 

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