WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) lowers the gavel after the committee voted 14-9 to pass health care reform legislation with Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (L), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (R) on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) casted the only Republican vote for the groundbreaking legislation. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) lowers the gavel after the committee voted 14-9 to pass health care reform legislation with Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (L), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (R) on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) casted the only Republican vote for the groundbreaking legislation.

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  1. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C), flanked by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) (L), Bruce Josten (2nd R) executive vice president for Government Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Charles Grassley ( R-IA) (R), paerticipate in a news conference of the health care bill on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate continues to debate on amendments to the Democrats health care reform bill that is before the US Senate.
  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Republican Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) (2nd L) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (R) joke that they must stand next to Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) if they want their photographs taken before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  3. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, smiles as speaks with Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, second left, as her Republican colleagues Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, center, and Chuck Grassley of Iowa look on during a Senate Finance Committee hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 08: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reads to children at Jumpstart's 'Read for the Record' at Capitol Hill on October 8, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: (L-R) Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) talks with ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-KS) during the full Senate Finance Committee markup of 'The America's Health Future Act' September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is expected this week to tackle the issues of how to pay for the proposed health care plan and whether or not it should include a public insurance option with amendments offered by Sen. Rockefeller and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (L) listens to an aide during a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill September 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of the committee continued to work on their version of the legislation for healthcare reform.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a member of the so called 'Gang of Six,' walks in the Capitol September 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate Finance Committee will begin the mark up for the healthcare reform bill on next Wednesday.

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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee members (L-R) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) finish remarks before voting 14-9 to pass health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe casted the only Republican vote for the groundbreaking legislation.
  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) lowers the gavel after the committee voted 14-9 to pass health care reform legislation with Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (L), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (R) on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) casted the only Republican vote for the groundbreaking legislation.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) talks with ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) talks with ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee member Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (L) talks with ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) as Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (R) sits close by before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) talks with ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) (R) greets former Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) (C) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) after a ceremony to honor Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote.
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) (L) talks with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) (R) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee members (L-R) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) finish remarks before voting 14-9 to pass health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe casted the only Republican vote for the groundbreaking legislation.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) lowers the gavel after the committee voted 14-9 to pass health care reform legislation with Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (L), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (R) on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) casted the only Republican vote for the groundbreaking legislation.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) thanks Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (C) for voting in favor of health care reform legislation as committee Republicans Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (2nd L) and Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) (R) watch, on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe expressed reservations for the groundbreaking legislation but said that her vote was to move the process forward.'But when history calls, history calls and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time,' she said.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) present opening statements before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) waits for the beginning of a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments for the committee�s version of the healthcare reform legislation.
  15. U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) arrives to make remarks on his meeting with Democratic Senators about health care legislation in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington December 15, 2009. Senators also pictured are Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (L-R), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Max Baucus (D-MT) and Harry Reid (D-NV).
  16. U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is joined by Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) and Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) after Obama made remarks on his meeting with Democratic Senators about health care legislation in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington December 15, 2009. Obama made a strong push for passage of healthcare reform legislation on Tuesday, saying a bill before the Senate met all of his criteria and would save the country money.

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