WASHINGTON -- Sen. Max Baucus Thursday ended any hope the influential Senate Finance Committee would take up bipartisan health legislation this summer, kicking the issue to the fall amid lingering divisions over a bill intended to provide insurance coverage to tens of millions of Americans. View Full Image Getty Images House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman HenryWaxman, center, Rep. Anna Eshoo, left, and staff members discuss the health bill Thursday. After meeting of top members of the panel, which has wide jurisdiction over health policy, Sen. Baucus (D., Mont.) vowed to work into next week to narrow differences with top Republicans. But the chairman said the committee would not be convened next week, when the full Senate is scheduled to debate the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Mr. Baucus also said it is unclear whether a draft of the bill will be made public next week. "We'll see how far we get," he said. The Senate is scheduled to begin its recess Friday, Aug.[Read more...]