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Senate opens debate on historic health care bill (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Senate opened debate Monday on landmark health care legislation that would extend coverage to millions of uninsured and ban onerous insurance practices, with Democrats vowing to work weekends to deliver on President Barack Obama's domestic initiative by year's end.