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'''Nebraska Compromise''' is the name coined for a deal made by [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] to Nebraska’s Democratic Senator [[Ben Nelson]], the last Democratic hold-out, allegedly in order to secure his vote<ref name=auto2>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/20/nelson-accused-selling-vote-health-nebraska-pay/</ref> for a Senate bill entitled the [[Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act|"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (H.R. 3590)]] sometimes referred to as “Obama’s Health Care Reform” and provide the Democrats with the required 60-votes needed to overcome a Republican [[filibuster]]. The compromise provides Nebraska with 100 percent federal funding of the [[Medicaid]] expansion indefinitely into the future.<ref>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1395789.html</ref>. One Democrat estimates the Nebraska Compromise will cost the Federal Government $45 million for the first decade.<ref name=auto2 /> Specific text relating to the Nebraska Compromise can be found on page 2129.<ref>http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-3590</ref>
It was reported that prior to the compromise Ben Nelson had threatened to filibuster with Republicans unless certain language relating to restrictions on federal funding of abortion was included in the Bill.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HealthCare/senator-ben-nelson-hindering-health-care-bill-senate/story?id=9366337</ref>
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