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With dissension in the ranks, health care bill moves ahead

Senate Democrats cleared a major hurdle this weekend by voting to move ahead with debate on health care reform, but it was hardly a unified party standing behind the bill.

Health care rhetoric heats up before key vote

Traditional Senate decorum yielded to brass-knuckle politicking Friday in the health care debate as top Democrats sought to close party ranks before a key procedural vote this weekend.

CNNMoney: Senate Dems push $848 billion health care bill

Top Senate Democrats are preparing to defend their sweeping health care reform bill Thursday, one day after unveiling the measure on a sharply polarized Capitol Hill.

Wooing moderate Nelson could be a tough task for Senate Democrats

Sixty. It's the magic number of votes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs to move his health care reform bill to the Senate floor and tamp down filibuster threats by Republicans.

King: Optional public option risky strategy

To: Interested parties From: John King, CNN chief national correspondent Re: Monday Memo Washington (CNN) -- It is a busy week ahead, to say the least, and perhaps a telling one in the health care debate.

CNNMoney: Senate health bill will include public option

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is poised to proceed with plans to introduce a Senate health care bill with a public health insurance option that would allow states to opt out, a senior aide to Reid told CNN on Sunday.

Senator signals possible health care compromise

A moderate Senate Democrat said Sunday he could support a health-care bill that includes a provision for possibly bringing in a government-funded public health insurance option in the future.

Stimulus bill snag worked out, sources say

Negotiators have worked out a disagreement between the Senate and House over education funding in the economic stimulus bill, Democratic leadership sources said Wednesday evening.

CNNMoney: Deal struck on economic stimulus package

Democratic leadership sources say they have worked out a way around the disagreement between the Senate and House over education funding in the economic stimulus bill.

CNNMoney: Stimulus bill passes key Senate hurdle

The Obama administration's $827 billion economic stimulus plan moved toward passage in the Senate on Monday as a compromise version of the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle.

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