WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 25: (L-R) Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) confer during a Senate Finance Committee mark up session on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) has been working closely with a handful of Republican and Democratic senators, to reach a compromise in the legislation but has yet to reach a bill that the opposing sides can agree on. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 25: (L-R) Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) confer during a Senate Finance Committee mark up session on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) has been working closely with a handful of Republican and Democratic senators, to reach a compromise in the legislation but has yet to reach a bill that the opposing sides can agree on.

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  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Members of U.S. Senate Finance Committee, (L-R) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) attend a mark up hearing 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.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) (L) attend a mark up hearing before the 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.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) speaks with Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) (R) before a markup hearing of the Senate Finance Committee September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee markup was on pending national health care legislation entitled 'America's Health Future Act.'
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (R) talks with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) before a markup hearing of the Senate Finance Committee September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee markup was on pending national health care legislation entitled 'America's Health Future Act.'
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (R) talks with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) before a markup hearing of the Senate Finance Committee September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee markup was on pending national health care legislation entitled 'America's Health Future Act.'
  7. FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., left, talks to committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D- Mont. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.
  8. Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., left, talks to Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D- Mont.,on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, during the committee's hearing on health care overhaul reform legislation.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) (2nd-L) discusses with aides during 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.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) (R) discusses with aides during 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.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) discusses with aides during 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.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 25: (L-R) Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) confer during a Senate Finance Committee mark up session on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) has been working closely with a handful of Republican and Democratic senators, to reach a compromise in the legislation but has yet to reach a bill that the opposing sides can agree on.
  13. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  14. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Victoria (L) and Ted Kennedy Jr. listen as Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  15. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  16. US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) makes remarks during the executive session on the revised health-care reform on September 22, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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