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Updated: 10:31 PM Dec 22, 2009
Health Care Bill Clears 2nd Senate Hurdle
Washington, D.C. Two down and one to go. The health care bill has passed another 60-vote test in the Senate.
Posted: 10:24 PM Dec 22, 2009Reporter: AP Email Address: news@kolotv.com |
The Associated Press
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Al Franken, D-Minn., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen in the back. |
Two down and one to go. The health care bill has passed another 60-vote test in the Senate.
Democrats remained united as they started voting at sunrise Tuesday, pushing toward their goal of passing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul by Christmas.
With not a vote to spare, the Senate voted 60-39 to shut off debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid's version of the bill. An earlier vote to approve a 400-page package of changes that sealed Democratic support for the health care bill also passed 60-39, though only a simple majority was required. No Republicans voted in favor.
With partisan feelings running high, Reid appealed to senators to forgo personal attacks. Democrats must pass another 60-vote test Wednesday before they vote on final passage, expected to come on
Christmas Eve.
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