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Top Political News At 2 p.m. EST

59 and counting: Health care bill nears test vote

WASHINGTON, 11.21.2009

BY ERICA WERNER , Associated Press Writer

And then there was one.

Historic health care legislation advanced to a Saturday night Senate showdown as centrist Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., fell in line as the 59th vote in an early test of party unity on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.

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