Quick Fact: Gateway Pundit claims Senate will vote on health care reform bill after “10 Hours” of debate
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Trumpeting a Drudge Report headline, Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft claimed that Senate Democrats “will only deliberate 10 hourson [sic] SATURDAY before they vote to nationalize one-sixth of the US economy.” In fact, the Senate vote scheduled for Saturday is a vote on a cloture motion -- which would allow the full Senate to begin debate on the health care reform bill -- not a vote on whether to pass the bill, as Hoft suggested.
From a November 19 Gateway Pundit post:
Fact: Senate to vote Saturday on whether to debate the health care bill, not on whether to pass the bill
As the Los Angeles Times noted on November 20, “The Senate today began debate on the next phase of healthcare reform, arguing over whether to bring the Democratic bill to the floor. The vote to allow full debate is scheduled for Saturday night. The vote, called cloture, requires 60 votes to pass, and if that hurdle is cleared, debate would begin after Thanksgiving.”