Reid promises to press ahead on health care

(AP) — Majority Leader Harry Reid says Senate Democrats will press ahead with President Barack Obama's health care overhaul despite the loss of a Massachusetts Senate seat to a Republican.

Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Reid offered a list of Senate accomplishments last year, from the Cash for Clunkers program to expanding national service programs. He said in the coming year, the Senate would ensure all Americans affordable health care.

Reid acknowledged Tuesday's election loss, but urged Republicans and Democrats to work together as partners, not partisans. He said he has reached out to newly elected Republican Scott Brown.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said voters in Massachusetts made it clear that the American people don't want the government taking over their health care.