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 A kidney recipient died of rabies from the infected donor. Another stabbing on a Charlotte train gets Trump's attention. Want to know how the economy is doing? Check Dollar Tree's stats. An incredible hush-hush effort saw 55 cartel bosses brought to the US. Report an error