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Why not write a jobs bill that would create jobs?

That’s the question being asked around the country Friday in response to the $85 billion proposal presented by Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the leaders of the Finance Committee. Although immediately rejected by Democratic leadership, the draft bill provides a sense of what conservatives are willing to accept if the package is [...]


Grassley, Schumer spar over government-run health care

Pressed by a Democratic colleague about his opposition to a public health insurance option in the face of his support for Medicare, a government-run insurance program for older Americans, Sen. Chuck Grassley said the difference is Medicare is part of America’s “social fabric.”