Washington--The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee laid out plans for next year to deal with issues of estate taxes and health care reform for the upcoming legislative session.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said Congress will move next year to make the 2009 estate-tax level under current law permanent and indexed for inflation, while laying plans to reform the nation's health care system.

Sen. Baucus' comments were part of an ambitious agenda he laid out to reporters on Wednesday on Congress' plans for 2009 and 2010.

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