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"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday returned to her home district, where she celebrated the passage of a health care reform bill with an appearance at a San Francisco church."

"It was just days after what may have been her most hard-fought, historic, legislative triumph, and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was smiling and looking ahead to her birthday."

Today, Speaker Pelosi, House Leaders, Committee Chairs and newer Members of Congress held an enrollment ceremony to sign the revised Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act to improve the Senate-passed bill, and send it to President Obama for his signature into law:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Leaders, Committee Chairs and newer Members of Congress held an enrollment ceremony in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol this morning to sign the revised Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and send it to President Obama for his signature into law.

Tonight, the House voted 220 to 207 to pass the revised Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act that the Senate passed this afternoon. The reconciliation bill makes key improvements to the Senate health reform bill, which the President signed into law on Tuesday. This final version is identical to the reconciliation bill the House passed Sunday night by a vote of 220 to 211, except for the removal of two small provisions relating to Pell Grants which the Senate parliamentarian ruled violated the Byrd rule. Tonight's passage sends the bill to the President's desk for his signature.

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Following the President signing of comprehensive health insurance reform legislation into law this week, opponents of reform continue to spread myths about the bill, including claiming that Americans who don't buy health insurance could face jail time or harassment from the IRS.

MYTH: "The IRS will hound taxpayers, confiscate property, or put you in jail if you do not have health insurance."