Si, se puede Obama! A group of Hispanic lawmakers on Thursday will tell President Barack Obama that they may not vote for healthcare reform unless changes are made to the bill’s immigration provisions. The scheduled meeting comes as Democratic leaders and the White House are struggling to craft a final bill that will attract 216 votes in the lower chamber. Unlike abortion, immigration has fl...
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JOSHUAPUNDIT on 11th Mar 2010 (via joshuapundit.blogspot.com)
The White House said it was considering drawing up its own healthcare reform bill, following widespread criticism of Barack Obama's strategy of outsourcing the increasingly anarchic drafting process to Congress
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The White House said it would try to bridge the differences between the Senate and House healthcare reform bills within the next 10 days – in advance of President Barack Obama's much-awaited televised bipartisan healthcare summit on February 25.
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Much like in 1994, when Bill Kristol, the conservative journalist and activist persuaded congressional Republicans to oppose healthcare reform in order to undermine the Clinton administration, many Republicans believe Barack Obama's White House would be disabled if healthcare reform were to fail
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The US House of Representatives will vote on a healthcare bill that incorporates a significant tax increase for the wealthy, senior Democrats said, as Barack Obama, president, tries to steer his most cherished reform into law
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The move, in which the White House for the first time published its own version of healthcare reform, all but stakes the future of President Barack Obama on getting reform enacted
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The White House has mismanaged the selling of healthcare reform. But if Barack Obama can focus on essentials, and make a more honest and consistent case, this much-needed reform can still happen
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President Barack Obama's efforts to overhaul the US's healthcare system received a major fillip on Thursday when two influential organisations endorsed a reform bill that will be put to the vote in the House of Representatives on Saturday
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@!!##! weasel. This is probably what Pelosi and Obama need to shove this through the House: The White House and anti-abortion Democrats have reached an agreement to defusethe controversy over abortion in the health reform bill – planning a series of steps that will secure the support of Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and other Democrats to give party leaders the votes they need to pass reform, s...
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JOSHUAPUNDIT on 21st Mar 2010 (via joshuapundit.blogspot.com)
Barack Obama, US president, took the opposition Republicans at their word and announced that he would hold a televised White House summit with senior legislators from both parties to try to free the logjam to enact a US healthcare reform bill
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President Barack Obama, energised by the House passage of the US healthcare bill, was awaiting Senate procedural moves before signing the historic reform into law
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