Posted on 11/21/2009 5:56:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – Invoking the memory 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 to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.
The 60-39 vote cleared the way for a bruising, full-scale debate beginning after Thanksgiving on the legislation, which is designed to extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or dilute benefits and curtail the growth of spending on medical care nationally.
The spectator galleries were full for the unusual Saturday night showdown, and applause broke out briefly when the vote was announced. In a measure of the significance of the moment, senators sat quietly in their seats, standing only when they were called upon to vote.
In the final minutes of a daylong session, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., accused Republicans of trying to stifle a historic debate the nation needed.
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I’d try to explain what just happened, but I think you’d miss that too.
Room temperature IQs are so annoying. Good luck.
You know, I once met the real Uncle Miltie. Wonderful guy. A real gent. So unlike those fakes who go around using his name.
I would agree with you that a no vote would have had a stronger symbolic impact and I do wish that he had actually voted no.
Oh please. You mean better men like Bill Ayers running around and bombing government symbols to further his cause?
Now, that's simply asinine. Are you drunk? What sort of response is that?
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