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Dems Get 60 Votes on Health Care Bill During 1:00 am Vote
By Jeralyn, Section Legislation
Posted on Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 01:21:00 AM EST
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Update: 1:17 am ET: The Dems get their 60 votes to limit debate. Yeas: 60, Neas: 40. The Yeas were 58 Dems and 2 Independents. The motion is agreed to.
Update: 1:10 am ET: The vote to limit debate on the Reid Manager's amendment is underway. They just wheeled Sen. Byrd in. The schedule if it passes:
Debate has begun, you can watch it on C-span here. [More...]
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Our local news is calling it a test vote, and it's just the first of three the Senate needs to pass the bill. It's called a Cloture Vote on the Manager's Amendment.
Here's the schedule for what follows, through Christmas Eve. And then what happens in the House? Some possibilities here.
Dems Get 60 Votes on Health Care Bill During 1:00 am Vote
By Jeralyn, Section Legislation
Posted on Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 01:21:00 AM EST
Tags: health care reform bill (all tags) Share This: Digg!





Update: 1:17 am ET: The Dems get their 60 votes to limit debate. Yeas: 60, Neas: 40. The Yeas were 58 Dems and 2 Independents. The motion is agreed to.
Update: 1:10 am ET: The vote to limit debate on the Reid Manager's amendment is underway. They just wheeled Sen. Byrd in. The schedule if it passes:
- Tues: 7am: procedural vote
- Weds: 1pm procedural vote
- Thursday 7 pm - Final passage
Debate has begun, you can watch it on C-span here. [More...]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]
Our local news is calling it a test vote, and it's just the first of three the Senate needs to pass the bill. It's called a Cloture Vote on the Manager's Amendment.
Here's the schedule for what follows, through Christmas Eve. And then what happens in the House? Some possibilities here.