The聽Senate Finance Committee awaits聽a cost analysis from the Congressional Budget Office before voting later this week on major聽$900 billion health care reform聽legislation. The long-awaited bill, crafted by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., is expected to narrowly clear the committee, but聽Senate Democratic leaders then must meld it with another bill approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee before sending the package to the Senate floor. The Finance Committee version doesn’t include a public insurance option, but liberal Democrats are pushing to include one. House Democratic leaders, meanwhile, are putting the finishing touches on their plan, but likely will hold back and let the Senate vote first.

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