NATION
Back to Work on Health
Congress reconvened and immediately rolled up its sleeves to tackle health- care reform. Ted Kennedy's Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee approved, 11 to 6, its version of a Clinton-style package. And both the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee began work on similar plans. Like the President's, all three proposals call for employer financing of most insurance costs, a provision that is increasingly galvanizing Republican opposition.
Rosty Pleads Not Guilty
Predicting that "I will be vindicated," Representative Dan Rostenkowski formally pleaded not guilty to the 17-count federal corruption indictment handed...
