Slate examines the GOP amendments to a Senate health care bill

Slate by Christopher Beam | Jul. 17, 2009 (Special Report)

When the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee passed its health care bill Wednesday, the Obama administration hailed it as a "bipartisan" effort. No matter that it passed the panel on a strictly party-line vote, with all 13 Democrats voting for and all 10 Republicans voting against. It was bipartisan, administration officials explained, because it contained 160 Republican amendments. Republican senators said that characterization was ... Full Story »

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