Health care bill clears Senate hurdle

Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday to push health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Obama. There was not a vote to spare. More

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