The Senate Finance Committee rejected by a vote of 15-8 an amendment to the Baucus bill from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) that would have added a robust public option provision.
Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) joined with all the committee’s Republicans in defeating the amendment.
