Start the U.S. Senate voted to reform the health

The Democrats will control just 60 seats out of 100, which means that the defection of one of them could bring a halt to the flagship reform of the Chief White House. The majority of 60 votes is needed to remove the obstruction procedures. However, some representatives of the centrist wing of the party for most elected conservative states or leaning toward the Republicans, united in their opposition to the project, have expressed serious doubts to the plann whose outlines were disclosed last Wednesday.

Agreeing with the House of Representatives Blanche Lincoln and Mary Landrieu, two Democrats elected to the Southern conservative states, where reform is unpopular, have publicly made any commitment. A third undecided, Ben Nelson, often considered the most conservative Democrat in the Senate, announced Friday he would vote in favor of opening a debate. If the Senate decides by a vote, the debate should begin November 30, after the Thanksgiving holiday, and last at least three weeks, making it unlikely that the text signed by Barack Obama by the end of the year as had been hoped the U.S. President. If adopted the plan by the Senate, it will indeed meet again this text with the reform already approved by the House of Representatives on November 7.

The Republicans, who denounced a costly project and deny that the federal government encroaching on health insurance managed by the private sector, have openly called Lincoln and Landrieu to join.