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By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 7/29/09 12:29 PM EDT
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus asks President Obama a question.
CBO estimates that the latest version of health care bill in the Senate Finance Committee would cost under $900 billion. Photo: AP

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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the latest version of a bipartisan Senate Finance Committee bill would cost under $900 billion, giving the negotiators a boost as they try to complete a health care package this week.

The CBO returned the estimate last night on the bill, which would cover 95 percent of Americans by 2015 and would be fully paid for in the first 10 years, Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said.

“The report is encouraging,â€

CBO estimates that the latest version of health care bill in the Senate Finance Committee would cost under $900 billion.

You really think that we are going to believe them NOW?
We know how you send your goons out to MAKE people do everything you want?
You strong-arm all things not Pro-Obama...... you baby!

You got the them Obama, You threatened their job!

Who would trust you ever again?

Despite the progress, Senate aides took pains Wednesday morning to tamp down talk of a quick compromise.

Russ Sullivan, staff director for the Senate Finance Committee, sent an unusual e-mail this morning to top Senate staffers, telling them not to believe the hype: A health care deal is not imminent, despite what a Washington Post headline Wednesday suggests.

Liberal media would have you believe it is all signed sealed and delivered.