Decisive health vote set
Final Senate tally lined up for Christmas Eve
Posted: December 23, 2009 at 4:59 a.m.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, attends a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009,accompanied by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.
From the White House to Capitol Hill, Democrats on Tuesday confidently predicted Senate passage of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul after the bill cleared its second 60-vote test and the time was set for a final tally.
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