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Senate passes historic healthcare reform legislation in 60-39 vote |
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December 24, 2009 |
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The Senate approved sweeping healthcare reform legislation by the narrowest of partisan margins early Christmas Eve morning, placing President Barack Obama closer than ever to signing a longtime Democratic priority into law.
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Medical Charts: The Senate vs. the House on Health Care Reform |
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December 23, 2009 |
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Early Christmas Eve morning, Senators are due to vote aye or nay on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as their vision of how to reform health care in America.
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Final Senate healthcare vote bumped up to 7 a.m. on Thursday to ease travel |
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December 23, 2009 |
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A final vote on the Senate's healthcare bill will now take place at 7 a.m. on Christmas Eve an hour earlier than lawmakers originally
scheduled.
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Health care bill clears 2nd Senate hurdle Tues. |
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December 22, 1009 |
WASHINGTON Two down and one to go. The health care bill has passed another 60-vote test in the Senate.
Democrats remained united as they started voting at sunrise Tuesday, pushing toward their goal of passing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul by Christmas.
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Democrats health bill passes key Senate vote |
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Final outcome uncertain as measure must be harmonized with House bill |
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December 21, 2009 |
| WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation's medical system and cover 30 million uninsured.
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Democrats vow to close Medicare 'doughnut hole' |
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December 17, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON It's an annual ordeal for many seniors living on a
budget. Medicare's coverage gap for
prescription drugs - $3,610 next year - has steadily gotten
bigger since the benefit's inception. But if Democrats have their
way on health care overhaul, the dreaded "doughnut hole" will shrink
by $500 right away and go away altogether by 2019.
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Health bill survives first big test on Medicare |
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December 3, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON Unflinching on a critical first test, Senate Democrats closed ranks Thursday behind $460 billion in politically risky Medicare cuts at the heart of health care legislation, thwarting a Republican attempt to doom President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul.
The bid by the bill's critics to reverse cuts to the popular Medicare program failed on a vote of 58-42, drawing the support of two Democratic defectors. Approval would have stripped out money needed to pay for expanding coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans.
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Senate Dems prep for hardball tactics in health debate
after floor
strategizing |
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December 2, 2009 |
Senate Democrats threatened to pull out the procedural stops to force votes on amendments to the healthcare reform bill on the floor as the GOP continues to object to advancing the legislation.
Moreover, Senate Democrats said after huddling on floor strategy Wednesday, the majority party is prepared to keep the Senate in session until Christmas or beyond in order to complete work on the bill before New Year's.
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