Sen. Max Baucus

Illegal Immigrants Still an Issue in Senate Health Care Negotiations

Despite the Obama administration's assurances that illegal immigrants will not receive health insurance benefits under health care reform, six key senators dealt with the increasingly contentious issue as they worked behind closed doors Monday. The 'gang of six' senators-- three Democrats and three Republicans-- are in the final stages of fashioning a compromise on health care that could get the 60 votes necessary to pass out of the chamber. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Monday that the group had discussed several specific items in negotiations, ...

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