a*****i 发帖数: 4391 | 1 The Senate Finance Committee today on two amendments which attempted to
insert a public option into its health care bill. Both amendments failed.
The first amendment, sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, would have
benchmarked the public option to Medicare rates. That amendment failed 15-8,
with all Republicans joining Democrats Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Bill Nelson
, Tom Carper and Blanche Lincoln in opposition. The second amendment, a
version sponsored by Chuck Schumer that would have created a l |
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