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Senate Approves Historic Health Care Bill

Harry Reid gets exactly the 60 votes he needs

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 24, 2009 6:21 AM CST | Updated Dec 24, 2009 7:28 AM CST

(Newser) – The Senate voted to close debate and approve the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care" act today, better known as the health care reform bill, garnering exactly the 60 votes they needed to pass it, to 39 nay votes, all along partisan lines. Bernie Sanders...   Read full story »

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