Finance passes healthcare bill; Snowe the lone GOP supporter

The Hill by Jeffrey Young | Oct. 13, 2009 (News Report)

Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) joined all of the panel’s Democrats in voting for the legislation. Every other Republican voted against the bill.

The vote means the healthcare debate has officially moved to its final stages, as Finance was the last of five congressional committees to take action on President Barack Obama’s foremost domestic priority. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Oct 13, 2009 - 12:12 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Jim Lang (review), Kristin Gorski (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Oct 15, 2009 - 1:51 PM PDT
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Kristin Gorski
3.9
 by Kristin Gorski - Oct. 14, 2009

Clearly written and includes a lot of relevant background regarding what's been happening in Senate negotiations to get the bill where it is today.

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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 14, 2009

This is a fair and reasonably comprehensive report on the Senate Finance Committee's vote on health care legislation, how that legislation sits with various factions on the left and the right and its relevance to a final bill. Overall, good journalism.

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 13, 2009
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