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BOSTON (Reuters) – The Massachusetts Senate voted Tuesday in favor of the state governor to appoint an interim replacement to fill the seat left by the deceased legislator Edward Kennedy in the U.S. Senate.

Kennedy gave the Democrats 60 votes in the Senate needed in the midst of battle by passing the law to reform the country's health system.

State Senate , controlled by Democrats, approved the bill by 24 votes in favor and 16 against, and was waiting for the state House of Representatives to follow suit next week.

The bill will return to both chambers on Wednesday for a final vote, then you need the signature of Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, who supports the initiative.

Probably Patrick will appoint a temporary replacement for Kennedy within days, and surely elect a Democrat. This will return the party the 60 votes needed to overcome procedural obstacles imposed by the Republicans.

The move will give the U.S. president, Barack Obama, a boost in his bid to adopt health reform this year.

Every vote is crucial and the absence of the Massachusetts vote would harm those who press for some form of health care reform, said Paul Watanabe, a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

It's certainly every indication that Obama has pushed for this, he added.

Kennedy , who died of brain cancer in August, belonged to a family with a great political tradition and was a leading liberal in the U.S. Senate for almost five decades, and made the health care reform his personal struggle.

Without a temporary replacement, the share of Kennedy would be vacant until the special election Jan. 19, which delivered a senator's seat period ending in 2012, undermining support for Obama's plan to adopt reform $ 2.5 trillion health system.

A separate resolution adopted by the law on Tuesday, strongly discourages who is appointed temporarily to apply for the choice of January 19, 2010.

Kennedy made a call from his deathbed to the state to appoint an interim senator, but the issue split the Democrats of Massachusetts.

The bill approved on Tuesday legislation to reverse the party launched the 2004, when he wanted to prevent a Republican governor appoint a replacement for Sen. John Kerry, if he wins the presidential election.

(Additional reporting and writing of Catherine Bremer, editing by Tim Pearce Spanish)