Conrad Says No Deadline for Health Talks

• By David M. Drucker
• Roll Call Staff
• Aug. 17, 2009, 9:54 a.m.

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), perhaps creating another wrinkle in the bipartisan health care negotiations in the Senate Finance Committee, insisted Sunday that there is no deadline for the talks to conclude or be abandoned — putting him in direct conflict with Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).