The Senate Finance Committee today will begin considering amendments and compromises to a long-awaited, and controversial health care bill in a much anticipated hearing chaired by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT). The panel will vote on hundreds of changes to the legislation, with the goal of passing the package quickly on either a partisan basis, or with the support of one Republican: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
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