As expected after Senator Nelson's acquiescence on Saturday, the Democrats managed to get the health care bill past its first cloture vote at 1:00am Monday morning.
. . .the Senate voted on party lines to cut off a Republican filibuster of a package of changes to the health care bill by the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada.The vote was 60-40, with all Dems and two Independents in favor and all Republicans against. Posted by Linkmeister at December 20, 2009 08:52 PM | TrackBack