The final showdown: Senate vote on health-care fixes

On Thursday March 25, the U.S. Senate approved a package of revisions to the Senate health-care bill signed into law by President Obama earlier in the week. Because the Senate parliamentarian eliminated two minor provisions, the reconciliation package must go back to the U.S. House of Representatives for a final vote. House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said the chamber planned to take it up later in the day (see how the House voted on March 21). The package would then go to Obama to sign into law.

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FINAL VOTE	DEC. 24 60-39	Changed	Member	Party	State	Campaign contributions from health industry*	Percent of state without health insurance

* Through Feb. 10, 2010.

SOURCES: OpenSecrets.org, Urban Institute, Senate clerk

CREDIT: Karen Yourish, Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso, Ryan O'Neil, Laura Stanton — The Washington Post

THIS TIME		Republican Democrat and Independent Needed to pass: 51		DEC. 24 VOTE		Needed to pass: 60
Senators approved House revisions to the Senate bill. The package was written under special budget rules, known as reconciliation, that protect it from a Republican filibuster.				Senators were voting on their version of health-care reform, and Democrats needed 60 votes to prevent a Republican filibuster.