The Note’s Must-Reads for Monday, December 21, 2009

The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com

Compiled by ABC News’ JAYCE HENDERSON, KRISTEN RED-HORSE, CLAUDIA MORALES and JESSICA HOPPER

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PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION:

The Hill’s Sean J. Miller: “Michelle Obama on the Campaign Trail” LINK

HEALTH CARE:

ABC News’ Huma Khan: “President Obama Hails Senate Health Care Bill as Ben Nelson Jumps on Board” LINK

Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown & Patrick O’Connor: “Health plans on collision course” LINK

Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown: “Health deal hinged on abortion” LINK

The Washington Times’ Jennifer Haberkorn: “Senates’ health reform bill set to pass” LINK

USA Today’s John Fritze and Matt Kelley: “Health care: Republicans blast states’ special deals” LINK

USA Today: “Sunday’s best: Obama moves the ball on health care” LINK

The New York Times’ Robert Pear: “Deep in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries” LINK

The New York Times’ David Herszenhorn and Carl Hulse: “Hopes Dim, G.O.P. Still Vows to Fight Health Bill” LINK

The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery: “Health-care bill clears crucial vote in Senate, 60 to 40” LINK

Time Magazine’s Karen Tumultry: “Did Reid Make Health Reform Tougher Than It Had to Be?” LINK

Bloomberg’s James Rowley, Kristin Jensen and Ryan Donmoyer: “Senate Health-Care Measure Clears Crucial Test Vote” LINK

The Boston Globe’s Lisa Wangsness: “Senate health bill wins 1st vote” LINK

The Boston Globe’s Lisa Wangsness: “Coakley accepts curb on abortion coverage” LINK

The Boston Globe’s Michael Kranish: “Dodd tacks new course on Senate bank bill” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Greg Hitt and Janet Adamy: “Historic Health Vote Looms” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Janet Adamy: “Abortion Continues to Be Dividing Issue” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman: “Democrats Pin 2010 Hopes on Bill” LINK

The Hill’s Jeffrey Young: “Senate Democrats Unite For Landmark Healthcare Vote” LINK

The Hill’s Michael O’Brien: CBO pegs Nelson’s deal for Nebraska at $100 million” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ Janet Hook and Noam N. Levey: “Senate Democrats get 60 votes to move healthcare bill along” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ Andrew Zajac: “Familiar faces among health industry lobbyists” LINK

The New York Daily News’ Kenneth R. Bazinet: “Senate votes along party lines as White House-backed health care reform bill passes huge test” LINK

IRAN:

ABC News’ Joel Siegel: “Iran’s President: ‘Smoking Gun’ a U.S. Fabrication” LINK

G.O.P:

The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz: Folksy Mike Huckabee keeps eyes on Fox’s fan base, and the White House” LINK

CLIMATE:

Politico’s Glenn Thrush: “On the verge of a deal in Copenhagen” LINK

USA Today: “Obama claims partial victory in Copenhagen” LINK

Bloomberg’s Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Kim Chipman: “U.S.-Brokered Climate Deal May Give Obama More Sway in Senate” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Ball: “Summit Leaves Key Questions Unresolved” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Ball: “Stormy Sessions, Frustrating Results” LINK

CONGRESS:

The Wall Street Journal’s Corey Boles and Martin Vaughan: “Defense Bill Gets Senate Approval” LINK

GITMO:

ABC News’ Jake Tapper: “Obama Administration Transfers 12 Detainees to Yemen, Afghanistan, Somaliland” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ David G. Savage and Christi Parsons: “Obama’s Guantanamo policy rings a bell” LINK

OTHER MUST-READS:

Politico’s Manu Raju: “Cooped-up senators turn cranky” LINK

ABC NEWS VIDEOS:

“Obama on ‘Meaningful’ Climate Deal” LINK

“GOP Senators Fired Up Over ‘Missing Bill’” LINK