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WASHINGTON--Leadership of the Senate Finance Committee said members are making "progress" drafting bipartisan healthcare reform legislation that the insurance industry can support, but it won't be anytime soon.

In a statement, committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, the panel's ranking minority, said, "While progress has been made in recent days, neither an accord nor an announcement is imminent."

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