Bipartisan infrastructure pact clears key Senate vote after breakthrough in talks

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9. In 2009, there was a cloture vote to proceed to debate the ACA and later a cloture vote before

The final vote to pass the bill in the Senate. The Senate bill passed on December 24. Scott Brown was elected in January 2010.

When Scott Brown won, it meant the normal process of a Conference bill that could then pass both houses wouldn't work because no cloture vote would succeed.The House then passed the already passed Senate bill and that bill was signed by Obama. At the same time, a separate bill was passed in both houses that fixed a few things in the just passed ACA bill and made changes to the student loan process.

The intent now is to pass this bipartisan bill under regular process meaning they will need 60 votes again at the end. The plan is a seperate Democratic bill that the Senate Budget committee is working on will also pass under reconciliation which requires 50 votes.