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12 hours ago ago from Robert\'s Stochastic thoughts
Nate Silver vs Jon Walker Jon Walker argues that the kill the bill left believes, with reason, that if the current Senate Health Care bill is killed, then there is a good chance that a better bill is passed via the budget reconciliation process. Nate Silver has a long excellent counter argument. I want to add two things. First Walker must assume that there are at least 50 senators who would support the better bill. Each of them could ...
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8 hours ago ago from Snow Report Blog
Senate Democrats unite for landmark healthcare vote By Jeffrey Young 12/21/09 01:18 AM ET Healthcare reform entered the inevitability stage in the Senate during the wee hours of Monday morning as Democrats came together on a party-line vote to all but lock in passage of the legislation on Christmas Eve. Though only a procedural vote, the 60-40 tally represents the first opportunity for Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to ...
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14 hours ago ago from HYSTERICAL RAISINS
Washington ( CNN ) Senate Democrats braved the aftermath of a blizzard Sunday to continue their push to pass a sweeping health care bill before Christmas. Original DVD cover The Senate began an all-day session to be followed by a crucial vote scheduled for after midnight on changes crafted by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to gain support for the bill from all 60 members of the Democratic caucus. With Republicans ...
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7 hours ago ago from ChattahBox News Blog
(ChattahBox) -Shortly after 1:00 AM on Monday, the Senate voted on the cloture motion for the manager's amendments to the health care reform bill, and it passed 60-40, with the full Democratic caucus of 60 Senators voting yes. Every Republican Senator voted no. This late night/early morning vote overcomes a huge hurdle for Democrats, which allowed the debate on the amendments to end. The passage of the motion moves the process forward with a ...
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15 hours ago ago from SWAC Girl
Tempers are flaring in the Capitol as Democrat Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama keep senators at work to ram health care through while most Americans are pausing to celebrate the birth of Christ. Politico wrote: Senators are suffering from cabin fever — and it has nothing to do with the snowstorm that socked Washington over the weekend. A marathon session of early-morning, late-night and weekend votes — all coming after ...
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Senate Democrats Pay Dearly For 60 Votes : NPR
2 hours ago ago from NPR
Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Senate Democrats Pay Dearly For 60 Votes December 20, 2009 [3 min 37 sec] text size A A A December 20, 2009 This day is the year's shortest ...
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22 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says the House must stick close to the Senate's version of health care reform or risk losing the 60 votes needed to pass it in the Senate. Sen. Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, said on "Fox News Sunday" that the 60 votes needed to stop a filibuster would not hold together unless the Senate bill emerged largely intact from a House-Senate conference. Once the Senate approves ...
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5 hours ago ago from BBC
Senators worked into the night before the vote was called at 1am President Barack Obama's main domestic priority, healthcare reform, has cleared a key hurdle in the US Senate. Senators voted 60 to 40 along party lines to end debate on a compromise bill, putting the legislation on course to face a final vote on Christmas Eve. The final Senate bill will then have to be reconciled with a more expansive one passed by the House ...
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8 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
Senate Democrats won a milestone victory early Monday in the health-care debate, approving a procedural motion to move the reform legislation to final passage later this week, and without a single vote to spare. The 60-40 tally, taken shortly after 1 a.m., followed 12 hours of acrimonious debate and required senators to trek to the Capitol in the aftermath of a snowstorm. The vote was the first of three procedural hurdles that Democrats ...
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10 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.
After a week of high-profile concessions, Senate Democrats were poised Sunday night to secure a milestone victory in the health-care debate, as White House officials sought to refocus attention on the bill's far-reaching insurance reforms and other potentially major changes. Senators were expected to hold a rare 1 a.m. procedural vote Monday, the first of three before final passage of the legislation, now scheduled for Christmas Eve. But a ...
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