WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus on Thursday said Republicans and Democrats are not that far apart when it comes to ways to control soaring U.S. healthcare costs. Speaking at the White House healthcare summit, Baucus said lawmakers were "on the verge of bridging a lot of ...

Conrad, Baucus and Durbin named to Obama's deficit panelThree senior Senate Democrats have been named to a bipartisan panel established by President Barack Obama to find a plan to wrestle the budget deficit under control. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has named Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North ...