Health bill clears hurdle with support from Snowe

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Tue, 10/13/2009 - 11:05

Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President Barack Obama's signature issue toward votes this fall in both houses of Congress.

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