From FoxBusiness:

WASHINGTON — Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said Tuesday that she is “very encouraged” by a recent congressional analysis of the Senate Finance Committee’s health-care reform bill. Congressional analysts said the bill slashes the deficit by $81 billion over 10 years. Lincoln had worried aloud about its cost and is facing re-election in a state that went heavily for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the 2008 presidential race. Lincoln and other Finance Committee senators will be voting on the panel’s bill later Tuesday.