Senate Democrats Pass Health Care Reform Bill
- By David M. Drucker
- Roll Call Staff
- Dec. 24, 2009, 7:17 a.m.
Democrats on Thursday took a giant step toward a decades-long goal of remaking the American health care system, as the Senate followed the House in voting along partisan lines to approve landmark reform legislation. With Vice President Joseph Biden presiding, the Senate approved Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) health care overhaul bill by a 60-39 vote and sent the measure to conference with the House.
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