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CCTV interview: US Senate passes healthcare bill

2009-12-25 13:19 BJT

 

Let's stay on the Senate's approval of that landmark legislation today, with our correspondent in Washington DC, Wu Hanying joining us on the line.

1. If the Senate and the House can strike a deal, how will the landmark bill change healthcare in America?

2. One problem is the partisan nature of the vote, with not a single Republican giving support to this bill. How is the media interpreting this?

L-R: Democatic US Senators, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Charles Schumer of New York, and Max Baucus of Montana, listen as Christopher Dodd of Connecticut delivers remarks to the media after the US Senate passed the national health care legislation bill by a 60-39 margin on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
L-R: Democatic US Senators, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada,
Charles Schumer of New York, and Max Baucus of Montana, listen as
Christopher Dodd of Connecticut delivers remarks to the media
after the US Senate passed the national health care legislation
bill by a 60-39 margin on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC.
(AFP/Paul J. Richards)

Editor: Zhang Pengfei | Source: CCTV.com