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 Andrew Windsor has an uncertain future as a commoner. Man wakes from coma, says girlfriend crashed car on purpose. Report zeroes in on some sadistic Russian commanders. Kid Rock has added the R-word to the list of slurs he still uses. Report an error