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Brown’s victory strips the Democrats of their supermajority in the Senate and reins in their ability to pass legislation overhauling the country’s health care system—a long-time goal of the late Senator Kennedy. Brown made his opposition to health care reform and his ability to hinder the bill one of the hallmarks of his campaign...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe and Kerry K. Clark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Republican Brown Wins Mass. Senate Seat | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...possibility that people in Washington are talking about now is to ask the House to pass the Senate bill. That's what I was talking about, the political maneuvering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scott Brown: If Dems Push Senate Bill Through, 'They'll Pay for It Dearly' | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...Brown's victory has put a possibly insurmountable obstacle before a health care bill that only days ago was looking all but inevitable, after versions of it had passed both the House and the Senate. At this point, Democratic strategists in Washington say, the only hope may be to persuade a reluctant House to pass the Senate version intact. But the shock waves rippling from Massachusetts have made that a questionable prospect. Even if House liberals can be persuaded to accept the Senate bill's more conservative provisions, the larger concern is that Brown's victory could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Brown's Senate Win Mean the End of Health Reform? | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...thought Del Mauro was a factor,” Donato said. “I think physically he was great on the forecheck, made great decisions with the puck, made a nice pass to Matty McCollem. And I think Matty can be a difference-maker...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Starts First Streak With 4-1 Win Over Dartmouth | 1/19/2010 | See Source »

...Brown wins, the immediate effect on the health care bill could be profound - something he points out at every campaign appearance, as he pledges to be the "41st Senator." Lacking 60 votes, Senate Democrats will be unable to overcome a GOP filibuster of the health care bill - which has passed both the Senate and the House but will have to return to both chambers for final votes once the two versions are reconciled. The only way to avoid another Senate vote, party strategists say, would be for the House to pass the exact version that the Senate approved in December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats Hold Their Breath in Massachusetts | 1/19/2010 | See Source »

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