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Key Senator Says He Will Alter Health Proposal

Sep. 21, 2009
Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said that he would modify his health care bill to provide more assistance to middle-income Americans, to help them buy insurance.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler