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Recently, [Wyden] added, another senator had come on board as a cosponsor — Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) — which brings the number of lawmakers to 14. Wyden even hints that his legislation has the president's support, too — at least philosophically.
The Finance Committee's chairman, Senator Max Baucus, looked exasperated. With that haughty and peremptory manner that they teach in Committee Chairman School, he told Wyden and the world that this idea was not going to happen.
[Q:] Is there any chance parts of the Wyden-Bennett plan can be included during the reconciliation process? With so much support from across the spectrum, what's preventing discussing W-B alongside the HELP and Baucus plans? [A:] The plan has a lot more fake support than it has real support. If every Republicans who has co-sponsored W-B would commit to voting for it, the plan might pass. But they haven't. That said, Wyden's Free Choice Act would be a huge and important addition to the current bills.
