SENATE DEMS EYE FINISH LINE FOR HEALTH BILL
President Barack Obama cheered a crucial health care vote in the Senate on Monday that put historic legislation well on its way to pre-Christmas passage and which sharpened already edgy partisan tensions.
The middle-of-the-night vote, which knocked away Republican attempts at procedural delays, required all 58 Democrats and the Senate’s two independents to hold together. The next vote is expected around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday. Obama called the vote “a big victory for the American people,” and challenged critics who say it will increase, not reduce costs. READ MORE…
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Posted: December 21st, 2009 under LA Topics, The Mario Solis-Marich Show.
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