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Some Republicans were unhappy with the emerging bill as well.

Mr. Spain called the emerging bill "political malpractice for a Democrat in even the safest of seats".

House Democrats from New York met Wednesday with Ms. Pelosi to discuss their concern that the emerging bill would shortchange their state on Medicaid and other issues.

In that merging, the focus shifted to a one-sided political calculus, and away from critical questions like just how much it would cost Americans to carry the minimum amount of insurance coverage required under the emerging bill.

Although the formal conference committee numbers 58, most of the emerging bill was written by Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico and Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana, both Republicans.

They say that the outlines of the emerging bill do not go far enough to satisfy them and that the legislation appears intended to do more political than policy good.

With Democrats increasingly confident that they can pass major health care legislation this year, some of the nation's foremost experts are warning that the emerging bills do not do enough quickly to tamp down soaring medical costs -- the biggest problem facing the majority of Americans, who already have insurance.

The only thing in the emerging bills that's related to cost containment is a proposed excise tax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans, priced over a certain threshold amount (the threshold is now up for grabs).

In addition, the so-called "medical exchanges" in the emerging bills (as well as the public option, which hopefully will be included) should give preference to pre-paid heathcare plans, like Kaiser Permanente, whose doctors are on salary and have every incentive to keep people healthy rather than charge for more services and tests.

Reports last week suggested that Mr. Dodd might drop the consumer agency from the emerging Senate bill in order to attract support from Republicans and some centrist Democrats on his committee, but Democratic aides disputed that.

Republican authors of the emerging energy bill will formally propose opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as they begin to reveal the more contentious elements of the legislation this week, Congressional officials say.