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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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/us/21vote.html?_r=1&hp
20091221 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.
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/us/21vote.html?_r=1&hp
20091221 Health Bill Passes Key Test in Senate With 60 Votes
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