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59 and counting: Health care bill nears test vote

By Associated Press
Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Updated 117d 23h ago
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WASHINGTON — And then there was one.

Historic health care legislation advanced to a Saturday night Senate showdown as centrist Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., fell in line as the 59th vote in an early test of party unity on President Barack Obama’s top domestic initiative.

 
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Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., gestures during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday.

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