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The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), favorably passed the America’s Healthy Future Act out of committee on October 13, 2009. The Finance bill will now be merged with the Affordable Health Choices Act, passed out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

On October 29, the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives introduced the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). A floor vote on the bill has been schedule for Saturday, November 7, 2009.

Following the passage of legislation by both the House and Senate a conference committee must work out the differences between the two bills and the then the measure will need to go back to each house for passage again and then on to the president. It is still hoped that President Obama could sign health care reform legislation into law before the end of this year.

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