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Ezra Klein, liberal blogger for the Washington Post, got a hold of an internal Finance Committee memo regarding the timetable for health care reform. The Senate wants to debate health care the last two weeks of July while the House wants to debate health care the last week of July. They then want to go to conference committee and have the bill ready to sign by October 1st.

The initial debate will take up the most time and in health care's case, it'll take two weeks of Senate floor time and one week of House floor time.

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The full memo follows the jump.

SCHEDULE/TIMETABLE

* Finance Members met bipartisanly yesterday (June 4)

* There will be another bipartisan Members mtg next week to delve deeper the details of where consensus exists around delivery system reforms, insurance mkt reforms, etc (80-90% of bill)

* Hope to drop a mark in or around June 17th

* Hope to markup week of June 22nd (not sure yet if markup will take 2-5 days)

* Markup document will include the description of a proposal (more detail than what was in their options papers and preliminary CBO scores will be available for markup but not necessarily by the 17th)

* Goal for Senate is to have HCR on floor last two weeks of July and on President's desk by Oct. 1

* Finance working closely w/HELP on areas of cross jurisdiction (Dodd and Baucus speaking regularly)

* Goal for Finance remains a bipartisan product

* Consensus forming around 80-90% of bill (delivery system reforms, insurance mkt reforms, etc).

* 3 major sticking points include: public plan, employer pay or play and financing

* HELP just released draft of 1/3 of their bill on coverage. Remaining sections on quality and wellness/prevention to follow soon. HELP hoping to markup beginning June 16.

* House looking to release draft bill mid-late June, markup first 2 weeks in July and move to floor the last week in July.

Before that time, the Senate should take care of appropriations bills. Also, we now have to find out when the House will debate energy since the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said he wants that done over the summer as well.