US Senate all set to pass the landmark Health Care bill

US Senate is all set to pass the landmark health care bill to President Barack Obama an early Christmas present by voting the legislation that promises to extend medical coverage to 31 million Americans.
 
Barring any last minute surprise, the bill is expected to be voted with a comfortable margin. The voting scheduled for 7 pm today (1730 IST) has been pre-poned several
hours so as to give Senators time to leave for their respective States for Christmas celebrations a day later.
 
The series of procedural votes in the run up to the final vote this morning indicate that bill would be passed by 60-40 votes.
 
The US House of Representatives have already passed and it will legislation will have to be reconcile with the senate version.
 
But the president does not think this will be much of a problem.
 
"There are a lot of provisions that are both in the Senate and the House bill. I actually think that reconciling them is not going to be as difficult as some people may anticipate," he said adding that he would be actively involved in its reconciliation process.