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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America A look at members of the Senate Finance Committee By ANN SANNER,Associated Press Writer - Sunday, September 20 Send IM Story Print The Senate Finance Committee begins work on a health care overhaul bill Tuesday. A look at the committee members: ___ MAX BAUCUS, D-Mont. Baucus, 67, the committee chairman. He has spent the better part of two years patiently laying the groundwork for a bipartisan solution to health care. He led a group of two fellow Democrats and three Republicans through a closed-door search for a way to cover the uninsured and pay for it. The negotiations didn't produce the consensus Baucus had sought, forcing him to move forward on his own with an $856 billion, 10-year measure that would extend insurance to about 29 million Americans who now lack it. The moderate Democrat has a history of bucking his party to side with Republicans, including on some of former President George W. Bush's tax cuts. Elected last year to his sixth term as senator, Baucus has served on the committee since 1979. ___ JAY ROCKEFELLER, D-W.Va. Rockefeller, 72, is a longtime advocate for universal health coverage who was involved in the debate during the Clinton administration. He has not been pleased with some of the compromises Baucus made to put together his plan. Rockefeller sees a new government-run health insurance plan as essential for holding down costs, dismissing as ineffective the nonprofit cooperatives Baucus included instead. Rockefeller was the first Democrat on the committee to voice outright opposition to the bill as introduced. ___ KENT CONRAD, D-N.D. Conrad, 61, is a centrist Democrat who was one of the six committee members among Baucus' "Gang of Six" negotiators. The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee has a reputation as a fiscal hawk _ "debt is the threat" is a favorite phrase. Conrad came up with the co-ops idea, prompted by seeing electricity and agricultural co-ops operate successfully in the Midwest. Conrad was elected to the Senate in 1986. ___ JEFF BINGAMAN, D-N.M. Bingaman, 65, is a five-term senator who also was part of the Gang of Six. He favors a public option. Bingaman has sponsored legislation to phase out the waiting period that disabled workers must face before they can begin receiving Medicare benefits. He keeps a low profile, avoiding the talk show circuit. ___ JOHN F. KERRY, D-Mass. Kerry, 65, has pledged to take up the fight waged by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., for health care overhaul. As the Democrats' unsuccessful presidential nominee in 2004, Kerry proposed a government catastrophic health care plan that would have paid 75 percent of the premiums for costly, nonroutine care. That was criticized by his opponent, George W. Bush, as a "government takeover" _ the same accusation Republicans are making now against Democrats' health care proposals. President Barack Obama has proposed something similar to what Kerry endorsed _ an interim catastrophic care plan to help those who can't get insurance until the full health overhaul takes effect. Baucus included Obama's idea in his bill. ___ BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, D-Ark. The two-term moderate faces a tough re-election next year in a state Republican John McCain won. Lincoln, 48, is one of a few Democrats whom Obama needs to win over. She faced some unruly health care town halls this summer, but spoke positively about Baucus' bill in the days following its release. Senate Democratic leaders recently elevated her to head the Senate's agriculture committee, and that may give her some incentive to go along with what the leadership wants. ___ RON WYDEN, D-Ore. Health care has been a priority for Wyden, a veteran of the 1990s overhaul battle. Wyden, 60, is the lead sponsor of a bill to offer universal health care coverage through a pool of private insurance plans, a measure he first introduced with Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, in 2007 and again this year. Wyden has criticized Baucus' proposal, saying it does not offer enough choices and could force millions of Americans to pay more for medical care. He has distilled portions of his own health care bill into an amendment he plans to offer to Baucus' bill that would aim to get employers to offer more coverage choices to their workers. Wyden first won his Senate seat in a special election in January 1996. ___ CHUCK SCHUMER, D-N.Y. Schumer, 58, is the third-ranking Senate Democrat. He has been a strong backer of creating a government-run plan to compete with private insurers. He also has advocated a Democrats-only approach to passing health legislation that would leave Republicans out of the equation, not a route Baucus wants to take. The two-term senator is up for re-election next year. In 2004, he lost in only one New York county. ___ DEBBIE STABENOW, D-Mich. Stabenow favors the public option, though says she realizes it faces a tough road to get in the bill. She has said it's imperative Senate Democrats come up with some way either through insurance cooperatives or a trigger that could put the public option in place if insurance costs don't come down to ensure choice. Stabenow, 59, who first won her seat in 2000, has fought to overhaul Medicare and to promote generic drugs over costly brand-name medicines. ___ MARIA CANTWELL, D-Wash. Cantwell supports a public option to compete with private insurers. In a letter with other Northwest lawmakers, Cantwell pressed Obama to include Medicare changes in the health care bill. Of Baucus' proposal, she wants a greater emphasis on reducing costs and assurances that the bill will reward states that deliver Medicare and other services efficiently. Cantwell, 50, first won her seat in 2000. ___ BILL NELSON, D-Fla. Representing a state with many older people, Nelson has concerns about cutting private insurance plans operating through Medicare. Those Medicare Advantage plans, which cover about 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries, are targeted for big cuts in Baucus' bill and Nelson wants to grandfather in current beneficiaries so they aren't affected. Nelson, 66, who's in his second term, is new to the committee. Before joining, he was one of nine Democrats who voted against the $700 billion financial bailout last fall. ___ ROBERT MENENDEZ, D-N.J. Menendez, 55, joined the committee at the beginning of the year. In the last Congress, he introduced a bill to require basic health care for immigration detainees. As chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Menendez is an aggressive fundraiser. He's used the role to respond to GOP pushback on health care, accusing Republican leaders of trying to hinder bipartisan progress to deny Obama a political victory. ___ THOMAS CARPER, D-Del. Part of the party's moderate wing, Carper, 62, is another lawmaker Obama needs to get a health care bill. Like the president, Carper has said he won't support legislation that adds to the federal deficit. Carper was elected to the Senate in 2000, and took 70 percent of the vote in his 2006 re-election bid. ___ CHUCK GRASSLEY, R-Iowa Grassley, the committee's top Republican, was among the Gang of Six. He and Baucus have worked closely together for years, but it's unlikely he will vote for the Baucus bill. Grassley, 76, complained that pressure from Democratic leaders and the White House on Baucus to move ahead thwarted a bipartisan deal. Grassley's views appeared to harden after he held numerous town halls where he saw public concern over government involvement in health care. He was first elected to the Senate in 1980 and seems set to cruise to a sixth term next year, though opposition in the Republican primary is a possibility. ___ ORRIN G. HATCH, R-Utah One of the longest-serving Republicans in the Senate, Hatch, 75, is often open to working across the aisle. He collaborated often with Kennedy and frequently lamented Kennedy's absence from the health care debate this year. In 2007, Hatch and Grassley worked with Democrats on reauthorizing and expanding the federal children's health insurance program. But when it came up this year, Hatch lawmaker voted against it, saying Republicans were ignored. When Baucus' bipartisan negotiating group first started meeting Hatch was part of it, but he dropped out when he concluded that there was no possibility for a deal he could support. ___ OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, R-Maine For months, all eyes in the health care debate have been on Snowe, a moderate who often frustrates her party by siding with Democrats. She was one of only three Republicans to support Obama's economic stimulus plan. Snowe has been involved in the Gang of Six negotiations and many believe she will ultimately be the only Republican to vote for the bill in committee, though she's not yet committed her support. Snowe's clout will likely only increase once the health care bill is on the Senate floor, as she'll be Democrats' No. 1 GOP target to help them get 60 votes. Snowe, 62, is in her third Senate term, winning 74 percent of the vote in the 2006 election. ___ JON KYL, R-Ariz. The Senate's second-ranking Republican has said repeatedly that Congress should start over on health care with a blank sheet of paper. A solid voice of conservatism, Kyl has dismissed even insurance cooperatives as a Trojan horse leading to government control of health care. He says alternatives such as medical malpractice reform and allowing individuals to purchase insurance across state lines would increase access to care and make health coverage more affordable. Kyl, 67, is in his third term. ___ JIM BUNNING, R-Ky. Bunning once joined with then-Sen. Barack Obama to co-sponsor an energy bill, though it's unlikely he'll be siding with Obama on overhauling health care. Bunning favors a plan that would allow individuals to buy health care across state lines, let groups buy health care collectively, and implement medical malpractice reform to help drive down costs. Bunning, 77, who was elected in 1998, is retiring at the end of his second term next year after some public clashes with GOP party leaders. ___ MIKE CRAPO, R-Idaho Crapo, 58, has decried the price tag of Baucus' $856 billion proposal, saying it would drive up the federal deficit. He has also criticized the plan for lacking bipartisan support. Elected in 1998, Crapo got his committee assignment in 2005. Since then, he's worked to push the GOP's tax cutting agenda. ___ PAT ROBERTS, R-Kan. Roberts, 73, opposes any plan to impose an individual mandate to purchase health insurance or an employer mandate to provide health insurance. Roberts, who was re-elected to a third term last year, was one of two of 10 committee Republicans who joined majority Democrats in voting "yes" to confirm fellow Kansan Kathleen Sebelius as health secretary. The other was Snowe. ___ JOHN ENSIGN, R-Nev. Ensign was seen as a rising GOP star and potential presidential contender until his affair with a friend's wife became public this year, forcing him to step down as head of the Republican Policy Committee. Since then he's also kept a low profile in the health care debate. After Baucus released his bill Ensign criticized it, saying it would increase taxes on families and government. Ensign, 51, is in his second term and is up for re-election in 2012. ___ MIKE ENZI, R-Wyo. Enzi, 65, is one of the committee's Gang of Six negotiators, and also is the committee's top Republican. In that role he worked closely with Kennedy, who headed the health committee. Like Hatch, Enzi has lamented Kennedy's absence, contending that chances for bipartisan agreement would have been greater had Kennedy been involved. Enzi is not likely to back Baucus' bill in the end, saying the proposal "still spends too much, and it does too little to cut health care costs for those with health insurance." Enzi is in his third term. ___ JOHN CORNYN, R-Texas Cornyn, who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee that's charged with electing Republicans, has been an unrelenting critic of Democrats' health care plans. He's accused Obama of paying lip service to bipartisanship and contends Democratic health plans would spend too much and add to the deficit. Cornyn, 57, was elected to his second term last year. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Airman's bracelet lost in World War II returned AP - Sunday, September 20 Racially charged killing ignites Ill. community AP - Sunday, September 20 College band musicians suspended in hazing probe AP - Sunday, September 20 Obama extends greetings on Muslim holiday AP - Sunday, September 20 Police arrest suspect in 4 killings in central Va. 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