Senate Begins "Long Stretch" Towards Healthcare Reform

Congress moved one step closer to healthcare reform over the weekend as the Senate voted 60-39 to bring the $848 billion healthcare reform bill to the floor for debate. All 60 members of the Democratic Conference, which includes 58 Democrats and two independents, voted to invoke cloture and kill a Republican-led attempt to filibuster debate on the bill. Saturday’s vote only allows debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to begin. The push to reform health care is currently holding up student aid reform legislation in Congress. Leaders in Congress plan to consider student aid legislation after health care reform is passed, or combine it with a health care bill if Congress can’t pass health care through the normal legislative process.

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Senate Begins "Long Stretch" Towards Healthcare Reform

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