Politics | health care reform Baucus to Push for Bipartisan Health Bill 'Gang of six' chair will test whether GOP has any interest By Nick McMaster Posted Sep 4, 2009 4:54 PM CDT Copied In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. talks to reporter after lunch with President Obama, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FILE) Democratic Senator Max Baucus said today he will test the waters of bipartisanship in health care reform, the New York Times reports. After a month of angry nationwide debate, the Senate Finance Committee chair plans to present the bipartisan group of six with a formal health proposal as early as tomorrow. Republican members will have to decide whether to debate and rewrite the legislation for presentation on the Senate floor. Read These Next Israel's 'decapitation' strategy in Iran carries risks. Democrats walk out on Bondi's Epstein files briefing. Woman arrested in Iowa murder that puzzled cops for 15 years. America's top five dog breeds. Report an error