Senate Democrats Push for Action on Health Care Reform

In a letter to President Obama, Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) voiced support for pursuing legislation in 2009 to overhaul the U.S. health care system, despite the withdrawal of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) to lead HHS.

• "Baucus and Kennedy Vow Action on Health Care" (Davis, "Washington Wire," Wall Street Journal, 2/5).
• "Dems to Obama: Reform Healthcare in '09" (Young, The Hill, 2/5).