Baucus Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee with Snowe on Board
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on October 13th, 2009 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
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The Senate Finance Committee has approved the Baucus health care bill by a vote of 14-9.
Far from the end of the story, health care reform has reached a major turning point.
Until now, no Republican Senator has voted for any of the health care reform bills that have made their way through congressional committees this year.
This time, Republican Olympia J. Snowe of Maine is on board, saying, “Is it all that it can be? Far from it. But when history calls, history calls.” Her break from the party line, while expected, is welcome news. She was careful to add that she still opposes a government-run public option.
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