From: NECN on Thu, Dec 24 2009 12:48 PM

(NECN: Brad Puffer) - 60 votes were just enough. And on Christmas Eve, the Senate passed their version of a landmark health care reform bill. A bill President Obama says will make health care affordable for the 30-million American without...

From: NECN on Thu, Dec 24 2009 9:45 AM

(NECN: Washington, D.C.) - President Barack Obama on Christmas Eve lauded the passage of the health care reform bill in the U.S. Senate. Speaking not long after the Senate passed the $871 billion bill by a 60-39 vote, Obama welcomed the vote as...

From: NECN on Thu, Dec 24 2009 8:45 AM

(NECN: Washington, D.C.) - The U.S. Senate passed the health care reform bill on Christmas Eve Morning, clearing a major hurdle on the prospective path to President Barack Obama’s desk. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), in his final pitch to...

From: NECN on Thu, Dec 24 2009 8:45 AM

(NECN: Washington, D.C.) - Democratic senators were in good spirits following the Christmas Eve passing of the health care reform bill in the U.S. Senate. The bill passed by a 60-39 margin, with 58 Democratic senators and two Independents voting in...

From: NECN on Thu, Dec 24 2009 7:44 AM

(NECN: Washington, D.C.) - The U.S. Senate passed its version of the health care reform bill on the morning of Christmas Eve by a margin of 60-39. It was the first Senate vote on Christmas Eve since 1895. Vice President Joe Biden presided as 58...

From: NECN on Wed, Dec 23 2009 9:41 PM

(NECN: Scot Yount, Boston, Mass.) - In just over three weeks, Massachusetts voters will choose a new senator to fill the seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy. The candidates have been hitting the issues hard in face-to-face meetings. Tonight, the race took on...

From: NECN on Wed, Dec 23 2009 6:32 PM

(NECN) - Massachusetts state Senator Anthony Galluccio of Cambridge has been placed under 24-hour house arrest. For now, Galluccio cannot attend Senate sessions, which he had been allowed to do under previous terms of his home confinement. The...

From: NECN on Wed, Dec 23 2009 6:27 AM

(NECN: Jennifer Eagan, Medford, Mass.) - An alleged probation violation landed State Sen. Anthony Galluccio (D-Cambridge) in court on Tuesday, although he blamed it on his toothpastes. Last Friday, he plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in...

From: NECN on Tue, Dec 22 2009 5:22 PM

(NECN: Alison King, Boston, Mass.) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says 2009 was a tough year, with tough decisions about the budget. He says he even considered not seeking re-election next year. Patrick: “It was a tough year. I will not be...

From: NECN on Tue, Dec 22 2009 2:20 PM

(NECN) - Debate over health care reform continued Tuesday on the Senate floor. Illinois Democrat Roland Burris offered his speech set to the classic holiday poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas." "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the...

From: NECN on Mon, Dec 21 2009 10:16 PM

(NECN: Scot Yount, Boston, Mass.) - There are just four weeks and one day until the special election in the race for Senate in Massachusetts. On Monday night, the candidates took to the airwaves, the first joint meeting of all three candidates on the...

From: NECN on Mon, Dec 21 2009 7:15 PM

(NECN) - On the Braude Beat, President Obama’s health care reform plan clears another hurdle in the Senate. The bill survived a crucial test vote. Obama said it is "a big victory for the American people." A Washington D.C. Police officer waving his gun...

From: NECN on Mon, Dec 21 2009 6:13 AM

(NECN: Jennifer Eagan) - The Senate is on track to vote on health-care legislation by Christmas Eve. It cleared a major hurdle just a few hours ago. The vote came around 1 AM Monday morning. 60 Democrats and Independents approved the...

From: NECN on Sun, Dec 20 2009 7:10 PM

(NECN/ABC) - Sunday afternoon, Senate Democrats waited out Republican delay tactics, looking ahead to 1 a.m. vote Monday that will defuse Republican attempts to filibuster. The Democrats secured their 60th and final vote Saturday when Senator Ben...

From: NECN on Sat, Dec 19 2009 1:53 PM

(NECN) - Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, one of the last Democratic holdouts on Health Care reform has declared that he will vote to support the bill, providing what should be the 60th and final vote needed to guarantee that it passes. At a Capitol Hill...

From: NECN on Sat, Dec 19 2009 8:51 AM

(NECN) - President Obama is turning his focus to the debate over health care reform. In his weekly address, the President says the Senate needs to quickly wrap up work on the measure. The following video is from whitehouse.gov and YouTube ...

From: NECN on Fri, Dec 18 2009 8:31 PM

(NECN: Ally Donnelly) - Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill is racking up the legal fees as he builds his defense in a lawsuit accusing him of bid-rigging. A Rhode Island software company claims Cahill and the lottery director rigged contracts in favor...

From: NECN on Fri, Dec 18 2009 6:30 PM

(NECN) - On the Braude Beat, things go down to the wire at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen. President Barack Obama has announced a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" on climate change. The agreement is with four other nations including...

From: NECN on Thu, Dec 17 2009 7:23 PM

(NECN) - The time has come for fearless analysis of the day’s political controversies. Chet Curtis is joined by Democrat George Bachrach, a professor of politics and media at Boston University, and State Rep. Karyn Polito from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts...

From: NECN on Thu, Dec 17 2009 5:23 PM

(NECN: Brad Puffer, Boston, Mass.) - We are less than a month away from the special U.S. Senate vote in Massachusetts, and as the candidates travel the state, the war in Afghanistan is becoming a major talking point on the trail. Today, both...