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01-16-2010, 10:46 PM #1
Health Bill Can Pass Senate With 51 Votes
Health Bill Can Pass Senate With 51 Votes
By Jared Law
January 16, 2010
By Jonathan D. Salant
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Even if Democrats lose the Jan. 19 special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator, Congress may still pass a health-care overhaul by using a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.
That procedure requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priorities. That supermajority is at risk as the Massachusetts race has tightened.
“Even before Massachusetts and that race was on the radar screen, we prepared for the process of using reconciliation,â€
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