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BY LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen GilbertWASHINGTON, D.C., December 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The U.S. Senate voted 1 a.m. Monday morning to close debate on the manager's amendment to the health bill, delivering a critical victory to Democrats who had worked furiously to hold together 60 votes for the bill's most significant vote yet.Senators remained at their desks for the vote - a procedure reserved for only the most solemn occasions - to vote along strict party lines for cloture on the amendment, 60-40.  The vote is generally considered a litmus test for securing the success of the bill in the remainder of Senate votes.The cloture vote begins a series of votes that is expected to stretch until late Christmas Eve.  Democrats are preparing for a prolongated battle with Republicans, who have sworn to use every tactic possible to delay the passage of a massive bill they say they have been allowed no say in crafting.Nebraska Democrat Senator Ben Nelson, who had been the last major Democrat-caucusing holdout against the bill over its massive federal abortion funding, suddenly capitulated following Friday night negotiations, settling for a watered-down compromise that leaves the funding intact. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/senate-clears-major-health-care-vote-60-40/

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