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Senator-elect Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, said in his victory speech that he is anxious to get to Washington and start his new job. But Mr. Brown, who owes his big win to independent voters, will quickly find himself at the center of a partisan typhoon over the fate of the major health care legislation.

House Democratic leaders appear to be backing away from a plan to ask their rank-and-file to approve the Senate version of major health care legislation and send the measure directly to President Obama for his signature.

Amy S. Hilliard, founder, president and CEO of Chicago-based ComfortCake Co., wants more small-business owners like her to understand the benefits of national health-care reform.

Many health experts are rightly skeptical that the current health-care reform legislation will lower spending growth, despite its many promising pilot projects and proposals.

The biggest political issue in the country today is the Democrats' health-care reform proposal, which lives or dies based on whether it can attract 60 votes to overcome a Senate filibuster.