BREAKING: BAUCUS BILL UPDATES

UPDATE 3:03 P.M. EASTERN- VOTE TALLIES:

Republican
CHUCK GRASSLEY -no
ORRIN G. HATCH -no
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE -yes
JON KYL -no
JIM BUNNING -no
MIKE CRAPO -no
PAT ROBERTS -no
JOHN ENSIGN -no
MIKE ENZI -no
JOHN CORNYN -no

Democrat
MAX BAUCUS -yes
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER -yes
KENT CONRAD -yes
JEFF BINGAMAN -yes
JOHN F. KERRY -yes
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN -yes
RON WYDEN -yes
CHARLES E. SCHUMER -yes
DEBBIE STABENOW -yes
MARIA CANTWELL -yes
BILL NELSON -yes
ROBERT MENENDEZ -yes
THOMAS CARPER -yes

Agreed to (14-9)

The Mark is ordered reported.

UPDATE: 1:03 P.M. EASTERN- SEN. OLYMPIA SNOWE (R-ME) WILL VOTE “YES” ON BAUCUS BILL.

In what Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, calls an opportunity to “make history” by satisfying President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority, his bill will be up for vote around noon Tuesday to determine the future of the health care reform agenda of the White House and Congressional progressives.

Stay tuned to healthcarehorserace.com for the latest breaking news as the votes are tallied and the White House, Congress and the public respond.

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About Ellen Carmichael

Ellen Carmichael is a political consultant and commentator from Baton Rouge, La. Previously, she served as a communications associate at Americans for Tax Reform in Washington, D.C. and in the newsroom for Baton Rouge's newspaper, The Advocate. She is currently the state coordinator for Patients First in Louisiana for Americans for Prosperity. Additionally, Carmichael has worked for several campaigns as both a consultant and staffer. Her special topics of interest include government waste and spending, tax reform and health care issues. Carmichael will graduate in December 2009 from Louisiana State University with a degree in Mass Communication: Political Communication and a minor in Political Science.

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