WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system.
Health care bill on brink of Senate passage
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | 5:23 p.m. CST;
updated 7:35 p.m. CST, Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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