As the Economist went to press a Republican senator appeared willing to cast a decisivevote in favour of the budget, which requires the approval of two-thirds of legislators.
His was the decisive 60th vote for the bill in the 100-seat Senate.
他是这一法案决定性的第60票,在上议院的100个席位中。
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All this suggests that health care itself may not prove decisive at November's elections, even as that vote itself may end up determining the fate of health reform.