US President Barack Obama has hailed the Senate's healthcare vote as a "big victory for the American people".Senators voted in the early hours of Monday to end debate on a compromise bill, putting the legislation on course to face a final vote on Christmas Eve. President Obama has set health reform as a key plank of his first term. The legislation, which aims to cover 31 million uninsured Americans, could lead to the biggest change in US healthcare in decades, if approved.
US President Barack Obama has hailed the Senate's healthcare vote as a "big victory for the American people".
Senators voted in the early hours of Monday to end debate on a compromise bill, putting the legislation on course to face a final vote on Christmas Eve.
President Obama has set health reform as a key plank of his first term.
The legislation, which aims to cover 31 million uninsured Americans, could lead to the biggest change in US healthcare in decades, if approved.
"big victory for the American people"
Listening to the first 30 minutes of call-in on Washington Journal/CSPAN this morning. America is not buying it. The "give Barack a chance" crowd is thinning rapidly. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
