12.24.09 | 3:40 am
President to Speak at 8:45 AM
President to speak momentarily. Will run live here.
For all the moment to moment details, see our auto-updating Health Care Reform wire. Our reporters are outside the chamber sending in reports.
12.24.09 | 3:34 am
Scenes from the Passage
From Brian Beutler’s write up of the final vote …
A tired Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) set the tone for the event. When the clerk called out his name, Byrd broke with protocol. Instead of calling out his vote, Byrd shouted “Mr. President, this is for my friend, Ted Kennedy. Aye.”
Full story here.