US Senate votes to start Obama health drive debate
November 21, 2009
| AFP
The US Senate, torn along party lines, voted to formally launch debate on historic legislation to enact President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care, handing him a win......
Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
November 21, 2009
| AP
Invoking the name of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager...
Health care bill clears first Senate hurdle
November 21, 2009
| AP
Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on a party-line vote. The 60 - 39 vote clears the way for a historic debate after Thanksgiving on the...
Healthcare bill passes first Senate test
November 21, 2009
| Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on...
Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote
November 21, 2009
| AP
Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with...
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