In Bid For Votes, Senate Leaders Assured Lawmakers They Could Still Stop Conferenced Bill

Editors' Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Senate's vote on a motion to proceed with debate Tuesday. Senate GOP leaders, in their last-minute efforts to woo wavering Republicans to support a motion to proceed on health reform, assured lawmakers they would have another opportunity to weigh in because whatever the Senate passes is likely to be merged with the House version in conference. The vote, as expected, was held shortly after 2pm Tuesday, and...