Healthcare overhaul effort moves forward without Kennedy
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 02:21
in Mathematics & Economics
Senate Democrats are weighing his clout against their ambitious timeline. He is being treated for cancer. Senate Democrats and the White House are stepping up preparations to overhaul the nation's healthcare system without the ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), a politically and emotionally fraught move that could dramatically alter the course of what is expected to be a titanic legislative struggle.