The key Senate vote to limit debate took place shortly after 1 a.m in a harshly partisan atmosphere. The timing was necessary to allow for Republican debate in order to pass the legislation by Christmas Eve.
The 60-40 vote is the exact margin needed to shut down a threatened Republican filibuster. 58 democrats, and 2 independents pulled together against unanimous Republican opposition.
Here's a video clip from MSNBC -- Senate Health Care Debate Videos from CSPAN can be found here: http://www.c-span.org/Health-Care-Senate-Debate.aspx
CNN Senate health care bill clears key hurdle: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/21/health.care.senate.vote/index.html
HR 3590 Text for the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’’: http://www.democrats.senate.gov/reform/patient-protection-affordable-care-act.pdf
Manager's Amendment: http://democrats.senate.gov/reform/managers-amendment.pdf
Congressional Budget Office letter: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10870/12-20-Reid_Letter_Managers_Correction1.pdf
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