Breaking News: Health-care bill clears crucial procedural vote in Senate, 60 to 40

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1:19 AM EST Monday, December 21, 2009

Health-care bill clears crucial procedural vote in Senate, 60 to 40

The Senate cleared a crucial procedural hurdle to bring its health-care bill to the brink of final passage by Christmas Eve. The partisan vote of 60 to 40 shut down a Republican filibuster of the $871 billion package and followed days of tough negotiations with Democratic holdouts.

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