Featured Stories Winter 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation Approved By Senate First Lady visits Children's National Medical Center Dr. Bear Visits Capitol Hill Children's National Named Among Leapfrog Group's 2009 Top Hospitals List Visit the BearNet Team at the NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo! Children's National's Bloodmobile Children's National's Concussions Program Children's National Annual Report 2009 BearNet Staff: Edwin K. Zechman, Jr. president and chief executive officer Jacqueline D. Bowens vice president and chief government and external affairs officer Clare Kelly director, government and external affairs Bill Quirk, editor manager, government & legal affairs Health Care Reform Legislation Approved By Senate On December 24, 2009 the Senate approved its health reform legislation by a vote of 60 to 39. The vote was entirely along party lines with all 60 Senators within the Democratic caucus voting in favor of the legislation and 39 Republicans voting against it. Read more about Children's health priorities in the legislation First Lady visits Children's National Medical Center On December 22, 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Malia and Sasha, along with dog Bo, visited patients and staff at Children's National Medical Center. Read more about the First Lady's visit First Lady Michelle Obama vists Children's National for the first time with daughters, Sasha and Malia and family dog, Bo. Dr. Bear Visits Capitol Hill On Thursday, December 17, 2009, Children's National mascot Dr. Bear joined Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Capitol Hill to celebrate the holidays with children from the Washington, DC, area. Read more about Dr. Bear's visit to Capitol Hill Dr. Bear joins Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton at the annual Capitol Hill Christmas Party. Copyright 2010 by Children’s National Medical Center. All rights reserved. The bear logo and Children’s National Medical Center are registered trademarks. The names of the other organizations within the Children’s National Medical Center system are service marks of Children’s National Medical Center and/or its affiliates. A member of the Children’s Miracle Network Children’s does not discriminate on any grounds prohibited by applicable law,including race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin or ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a disabled or Vietnam veteran or as a qualified disabled individual.