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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee released his much-anticipated version of a health care reform plan on Wednesday, but was knocked back quickly by Republican and liberal Democratic opposition that called the plan undoable. Despite the early criticisms, Sen. Max Baucus , D-Mont., said that his plan, which has no government-run insurance option, is a "common-sense bill that can pass the Senate" and represents a compromise. The proposal does include a different system aimed at providing Americans an alternative to traditional private insurance. "This is our chance to reform health care in America. We cannot let this opportunity pass," he said, predicting that he will eventually attract Republicans. "We will act." The package was pegged at $856 billion over 10 years, which is less than the $880 billion price tag Baucus previously advertised. It also largely follows the outline given by President Obama a week ago. The Congressional Budget Office gave the bill a price tag of $774 ...
An IRS campaign to apply additional scrutiny to conservative groups went beyond targeting "Tea Party" and "patriot" groups to include those focused on government spe...
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently...
Lawmakers will get their first opportunity to question the man who ran the IRS when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups Tuesday, as the timeline for wh...
Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targetin...
A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Obama's health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it's headed for a ...
DEVELOPING ... Hours before President Obama was set to deliver a make-or-break speech on health care reform , a top Senate negotiator conceded the government-run ins...
FBN's Peter Barnes reports on what will be included in Sen. Baucus' health-care bill.
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Senate Finance Committee chairman unveils 'bipartisan' health care reform plan
In a decisive vote that could forecast the demise of a proposed government health insurance plan, the Senate Finance Committee voted twice Tuesday against creating a...
Carl Cameron reports
This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," September 24, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Well...
The outgoing IRS commissioner expressed regret Tuesday for a decision to use a planted question to go public with the agency's practice of targeting conservative gro...
Republicans on Saturday called on the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the disclosure by a senior Democrat that he had recommended his girlfriend to be U.S. at...
FBN's Rich Edson speaks with Senate Finance Committee chairman Senator Max Baucus on meeting to discuss the fiscal cliff.
WASHINGTON - Health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama all but cleared a major hurdle in the Senate early Friday as Democratic liberals and moderates ...
Reversal from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus
WASHINGTON - Sen. Max Baucus ' decision to release his long-awaited health care overhaul bill with no Republicans on board dims the chances for a bipartisan compromi...
WASHINGTON -- When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate -- and perhaps more than one Republican -- will support legislation overhauling the nation's h...