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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. , answers questions from reporters about the budget, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) delivers an opening statement as committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) during a hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Bipartisan members of Congress testified during the hearing about long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  2. 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.
  3. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., second from right, listens to the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, right, as members, from left, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., await the start of the committee's hearing on health care reform, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  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 22: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) presides over a mark up session on the health care reform legislation with (L-R) Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) on Capitol Hill September 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Baucus has been working closely with a handful of Republican and Democratic senators, including Grassley and Conrad, to reach a compromise in the legislation but has yet to reach a bill that the opposing sides can agree on.
  6. US Senate Budget Chairman Democratic Senator from North Dakota Kent Conrad speaks to the media outside the offices of Senate Finance Committee chairman Senator Max Baucus, Democrat from Montana, following a meeting of the so-called 'Gang of Six,' a bipartisan group of senators, to work on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 14, 2009.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 09: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (L) talks with reporters outside Sen. Max Baucus' (D-MT) office on Captiol Hill September 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Baucus was leaving after a 45-minute meeting with the 'Gang Of Six' and said the three Democrat and three Republican senators will be meeting again tomorrow morning.

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) delivers an opening statement as committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) during a hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Bipartisan members of Congress testified during the hearing about long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (C) prepares for a full committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from a bipartisan group of members of Congress about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Members of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) (3rd L), Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (C) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (R) observe a moment of silence for the victims of last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan members of Congress were hearing testimony about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  4. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
  5. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
  6. 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.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) makes an opening statement as committee members (L-R) Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) prepare 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.
  8. Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., right, speaks as fellow committee member Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., looks at the graphic during the committee's hearing on health care reform, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  9. Senate Finance Committee members, from left, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Sen. Kent Conrad, D- N.D., Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa listen during opening statements as the committee prepared to vote on the health care bill, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  10. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., fourth from left, presides over the committee's hearing on health care reform, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Sen. Kent Conrad, D--N.D., Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Baucus, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
  11. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., second from left, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, during the committee's hearing on health care reform. From left are, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Baucus, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
  12. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., second from right, listens to the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, right, as members, from left, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., await the start of the committee's hearing on health care reform, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  13. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, talks with Senate Finance Committee member Kent Conrad, D-N.D. as they head to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. announced that the Senate Finance Committee will vote next week on the health care bill.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (2nd-L) talks to Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) (3rd L) during 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.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Members of U.S. Senate Finance Committee, (L-R) Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 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.
  16. 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.

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