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Senators cheer touchdowns during healthcare negotiations
At one point during their three-hour negotiating session Sunday evening
on the healthcare bill, Senate Democrats burst out into cheers.
The reason? They were watching the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys football game.
The
group of 10 Democrats were trying to hammer out a deal on a public
insurance option after a rare weekend Senate session. The cheers came
just before 7 p.m., when the Giants secured control of the NFC East
tilt with a 74-yard touchdown run by Brandon Jacobs and a 79-yard punt
return for a touchdown by Dominik Hixon.
A few minutes after
the cheers, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) emerged from the room, telling
reporters waiting for news on the negotiations that he had an update.
"The Giants are winning," he said.
The Giants did win, 31-24.
When the group broke up around 7:30 p.m., reporters asked what the commotion was about.
"The cheers were about the Giants game, and the Chinese food, and the Saints game!" said Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).
Landrieu's New Orleans Saints won earlier Sunday, beating the Washington Redskins in overtime, 33-30.
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