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...process for such a sweeping bill. In return, many Democrats have argued that President Bush pushed through several large initiatives by this same process, such as his tax cuts and deficit-reduction legislation. But Rockefeller recently said he worried that trying to use budget reconciliation to pass health-care reform would effectively poison the well. "If you go for budget reconciliation, you're basically going for a bill that goes nowhere," he said...
...bipartisan group of nine U.S. Senators, after meeting for nine months behind closed doors, is nearing an agreement on the broad strokes of a health-care-reform bill. The so-called Gang of Nine - though its number expands and contracts depending on the meeting - is hammering out the finer points as they prepare to enter the drafting phase of the negotiations, sources from three Senate offices involved in the talks told TIME...
...potential agreement. However, the two main sticking points remain how to pay for a plan that some estimate could cost as much as $1 trillion and how to integrate a public, government-run plan into the private system, two aides say. (Read about Obama's role in health-care reform...
...Committee Democrat, was added as Kennedy's understudy as the Massachusetts Democrat sought treatment for brain cancer. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota and his GOP counterpart Judd Gregg of New Hampshire were also added after President Obama included his $634 billion outline for health-care reform in his 2010 budget request. Other Senators from the Democratic leadership and the HELP and Finance Committees have been intermittently involved, and the core group has encouraged the participation of as many members as possible...
...Senate moves come as three House committees - Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce and Education & Labor - sent a letter to President Obama on Wednesday announcing their intention to work together to draft legislation. The cooperation among committees in both chambers is a break from the 1994 attempt at health-care reform, when committee infighting helped sink that effort. Both chambers have said they intend to see legislation reach the floor before the August recess, though many admit the tougher part will come when the differences between the two versions must be reconciled. "The House bill will be the high-water mark...