... and what do they do? Hem and haw, water down and strip out. Watching Max Baucus craft legislation in the Senate Finance Committee is like watching the ancients build idols to campaign contribution gods. Give Democrats a huge majority in the ...

Good luck. Thatâ s the message from the Senate Finance Committee. Good luck, and donâ t get sick. Ever. Oh, and fork over some dough. Now. Well, to be fair, some Americans wonâ t need good luck ...

... long shot at best. He knows that while she may be trouble politically, she is also a powerful member of the Senate Finance Committee and would be able to outspend him. But he offered this prediction: â Sheâ ll have a hard time pinning me down as a predictable ...

... its version of the legislation Wednesday in what was looking to be a party-line vote. Another panel, the Senate Finance Committee, was striving to unveil a bill by the end of the week. Standing before a banner that read "Quality Affordable ...

... now Democrats are trying to figure ways to save money. On Friday, Blanche Lincoln, a key member of the key Senate Finance Committee, told me one place to find savings was to trim "around the edges" of Medicare. Oh? We're going to try ...

... pushed for a prominent display of progress in the Senate before Congress begins a weeklong vacation on Friday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., labored in a series of meetings to produce at least an outline of legislation ...

... challenges in rural America that are hard to understand until you really see it." Lincoln, who sits on the Senate Finance Committee that will play a pivotal role in shaping health care reform legislation by crafting its financial component ...

... additions, needed to ensure coverage for nearly all U.S. residents, are being handled by a separate panel, the Senate Finance Committee. Bipartisan talks on the Finance panel aim to hold the overall price tag to $1 trillion. The Health Committee ...

... bill any day. "It's imminent," Theis said last week. Sen. Blanch Lincoln, D-Ark., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said last week she likes the proposal, as long it is fair to local businesses and Internet vendors. "We ...

... from the private sector." Lincoln sits on the Senate Finance Committee, which will have a central role in determining ... U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the Senate Finance Committee chairman, announced he would postpone releasing ...