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Per the Hill, I see that Max Baucus said the Finance Committee was going to rewrite its health care legislation to cut $600 billion from its price tag after they were told by the Congressional Budget Office that the draft they were considering would cost $1.6 trillion. Contrary to the Roll Call report I cited earlier, Baucus is being vague on whether committee members would begin marking up the bill before or after  July 4 recess. Either way, this is clearly a set back for Democrats.