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    Olympia Snowe will vote yes

    By Eric Black | Published Tue, Oct 13 2009 12:30 pm

    Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, the only Republican on the Finance Committee who was even considering voting for the health care bill, announced a few minutes ago that she will indeed, reluctantly, vote for the version now moving through that committee because "when history calls, history calls.”

    It is a pitiful crumb of bipartisanship, and doesn't affect the outcome of the committee vote, only the score. It might be more important later on a cloture vote, but that depends on many factors still to come. I hope Dems will not take this as an excuse to start calling the bill "bipartisan."

    Here's the NYTimes coverage of the morning's committee action.

    MID-AFTERNOON UPDATE: The bill has now passed out of the committee, 14-9, with all committee Dems, plus Sen. Snowe, voting aye. All Repubs, minus, Snowe: Nay. More.

     

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    Eric Black is a former reporter for the Star Tribune and Twin Cities blogger. He writes about politics and government of Minnesota and the United States, the historical background of topics and other issues. Click here to view Eric's previous postings at former blog, Eric Black Ink. He can be reached at eblack [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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