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Medicare Bill Passes Amid Partisan Anger

The House approves a plan to overhaul Medicare, adding a prescription drug benefit for seniors. But Democrats are criticizing the political manuevering that led to the vote. Meanwhile, the Republicans' energy bill is stalled in the Senate. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

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