WAS2000120602 - 06 DECEMBER 2000 - WASHINGTON D.C. USA: Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), left, whispers to Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY) at a bi-partisan forum urging legislation be passed to protect federal funding from being cut in health care on December 6, 2000 on Capitol Hill. rlw/xg/Xeriqua Garfinkel UPI