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Monday, December 21, 2009

Health Bill Passes Key Test in Senate With 60 Votes

Health Bill Passes Key Test in Senate With 60 Votes

Breaking News Alert The New York Times

Mon, December 21, 2009 -- 1:18 AM ET

Health Bill Passes Key Test in the Senate With 60 Votes

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/us/21vote.html?_r=1&hp

After a long day of acid, partisan debate, Democrats held ranks early Monday in a dead-of-night procedural vote that proved they had locked in the decisive margin needed to pass a far-reaching overhaul of the nation's health care system.

The roll was called shortly after 1 a.m., with Washington still snowbound after a weekend blizzard, and the Senate voted on party lines to cut off a Republican filibuster of a package of changes to the health care bill by the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada.

The vote was 60 to 40, a tally that is expected to be repeated four times as further procedural hurdles are cleared in the days ahead, and then once more in a dramatic, if predictable, finale tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. onChristmas Eve.


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