The move to throw more than 20 million people off health care is far from complete, and veteran and novice activists alike are fighting it in every way they can.
Residents formed a neighborhood association that has led to cleaner, safer streets, new businesses, parks, a community garden and a sense of ownership.
If the Senate rejects this gambit, the bipartisan process advocated by McCain and various governors and members of Congress of both parties could finally begin.