The New York Times
Tue, September 29, 2009 -- 3:22 PM ET
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Senate Panel Rejects a 'Public Option' in Health Plan
After a half-day of animated debate, the Senate Finance
Committee on Tuesday rejected efforts by liberal Democrats to
add a government-run health insurance plan to major health
care legislation, dealing the first official setback to an
idea that many Democrats, including President Obama, say they
support.
The committee on Tuesday afternoon voted, 15 to 8, to reject
an amendment proposed by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV,
Democrat of West Virginia, to add a public option called the
Community Choice Health Plan, an outcome that underscored the
lack of support for a government plan among many Democrats.
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