Senators to cast crucial vote on health legislation
By: DAVID ESPO
Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
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