The New York Times
Mon, December 21, 2009 -- 1:18 AM ET
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Health Bill Passes Key Test in the Senate With 60 Votes
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. on
Christmas Eve.
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