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Old Folks To Senate: Vote For Cloture Already

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), AARP CEO Addison Barry Rand backed the leader's health care bill and urged the chamber to vote yes to end a filibuster and move to a floor debate on Saturday.

"We strongly urge the Senate to vote for cloture this Saturday to begin debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," wrote Rand.

The letter, sent Friday, is AARP's first endorsement of Reid's bill, which is a merged product of measures passed be the finance and health committees.

All 40 Republicans are expected to vote against the motion to proceed to a debate. Fifty-nine members of the Democratic caucus have committed to vote yes. One remains undeclared: Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.

The cloture vote, which would allow debate on the actual bill to proceed, is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET Saturday.

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In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), AARP CEO Addison Barry Rand backed the leader's health care bill and urged the chamber to vote yes to end a filibuster and move to a floor de...
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), AARP CEO Addison Barry Rand backed the leader's health care bill and urged the chamber to vote yes to end a filibuster and move to a floor de...
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