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Senate Health Bill Clears Final Hurdle; Vote Slated for Christmas Eve
6 hours ago ago from Personal Finance News
WASHINGTON Senate Democrats cleared the last 60-vote hurdle on U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul Wednesday, virtually ensuring final passage of its version of the biggest health policy changes in four decades. For a third straight day, Democrats mustered the 60 party-line votes needed to keep the healthcare bill on track for passage on Thursday over unified Republican opposition. The vote on final approval, which ...
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8 hours ago ago from Support our Country
Four new kings of the Hill in Washington Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- Last month, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a strong defender of the public option for health care, warned: "I don't want four Democratic senators dictating to the other 56 of us and to the country, when the public option has this much support, that it is not going to be in it." But in the end, those senators won the battle over the public option, as well as several other ...
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1 hour, 35 minutes ago ago from Moderate News
Senate Democrats have passed their version of the Health Care Reform Bill. With no room for error Senate Dem s have their fingers crossed and hope the House passes their version as is if possible. The bill has passed on a strictly partisan vote 60 Democrats and Independants and 39 Republicans, any changes or any Democrat defections to the Republican side will stall or defeat it. more stories Democrats destroy health care ...
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by Josh Gerstein Politico.com 12/27/2009 Democrats are retooling and reprising their “Party of No” attack on Republicans in Congress after straight party-line votes in December on financial reform and health care. But already, analysts are questioning whether charges of GOP obstructionism will be enough to keep voters from taking out their angst over the economy on Democrats next fall. Last week, the Democratic ...
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Senate Democrats passed the landmark health care bill on Christmas Eve that could mean almost-universal medical coverage to all Americans. The 60-39 vote along party lines ended months of negotiations and 24 days of debate on the Senate floor. The votes were from 58 Democrats and two independents, while there was a unanimous vote from Republicans. Before universal health care can be signed into law by President Obama, the House and ...
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GOP looks for defectors on health bill
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52 minutes ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON It was a startling admission. A top congressman revealed that he had voted against an administration priority as a way to score political points as his party battled to regain power. Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times Senators Mitch McConnell and James E. Risch are part of a Republican caucus that has been unbending in its opposition. Blog The penitent was not a Republican confessing to a ...
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