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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:

  • Tues: 7am: procedural vote
  • Weds: 1pm procedural vote
  • Thursday 7 pm - Final passage
The Senate will vote on the health care bill in an hour, at 1:00 a.m. ET. David Shuster will be anchoring live on MSNBC.
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.
 
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