HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION: Reid faces coalition challenge - News - ReviewJournal.com: "WASHINGTON -- The 60 votes aren't there any more.
With the Senate set to begin debate today on an overhaul of the nation's health care system, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish.
Some Democratic senators say they will jump ship from the bill without tighter restrictions on abortion coverage. Others say they will go unless a government plan to compete with private insurance companies gets tossed overboard. Such concessions would enrage liberals, the heart and soul of the party.
No clear course exists for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to steer legislation through Congress to President Barack Obama. You can't make history unless you reach 60 votes, and don't count on Republicans helping him."
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