Medicare bill set for vote Tuesday

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Last-minute Democratic efforts to block $400 billion plan fail

Monday, November 24, 2003 Posted: 10:20 PM EST (0320 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate will vote Tuesday on a contentious $400 billion plan to overhaul Medicare, after opponents of the bill spent most of Monday afternoon and evening voicing their displeasure with the measure.

The vote is expected around 9:15 a.m.

Two last-minute efforts by Democratic senators to block passage of the bill failed.

A threatened filibuster was ruled out when the Senate voted 70-29 in favor of ending debate on the issue. Sixty votes were needed to avoid a filibuster.

The next effort nearly succeeded. Democrats opposed to the bill raised a budget point of order, saying the bill would require more spending next year than Congress had approved.

more...http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/24/elec04.medicare/index.html

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