How Obama revived his health-care bill
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 23rd, 2010 4:38 am by HL
How Obama revived his health-care bill
It was the Barack Obama the American public rarely sees — irritated and wondering if he had arrived at the moment of defeat. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Jan. 19, with a political crisis about to explode, the president summoned the two top Democrats in Congress to the Oval Office for a strategy session. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sat alongside Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), the tension in the room acute.
Obama to sign health-care bill into law Tuesday
President Obama will sign landmark health-care legislation into law Tuesday without waiting for the Senate to deal with a package of revisions that was also approved by the House late Sunday, administration officials said.
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Abortion foe from Texas says he regrets outburst
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