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“We are not going to pass Universal Healthcare with a 50 plus 1 strategy.” –Barack Obama, October 2007

Breitbart.tv 3/2/2010

Time to act on health care, Obama declares

“I don’t know how this plays politically, but I know it’s right. And so I ask Congress to finish its work, and I look forward to signing this reform into law.”

“President Obama is about to invite Congress to ram through the health care bill, because it’s what the American people would want if we […]

President Obama to Lay Out Final Push for Health Care Legislation

Obama Will Suggest Democrats Could Use ‘Reconciliation’ Rules to Pass Bill

Jake Trapper and Karen Travers ABC News 3/3/2010

With the clock once again ticking on health care reform legislation, President Obama today will launch his final push to get a bill passed and will indicate that he is willing to work with Republicans […]

Obama says he’ll include GOP ideas in ObamaCare v3.0

Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 3/2/2010

After making the miscalculation of giving Republican ideas on health-care reform national media coverage, Barack Obama has informed Congressional leaders that his new ObamaCare proposal will contain some of the GOP policy demands made during last week’s summit. Which ideas will Obama include? Surprisingly, tort reform is among them … in […]

Democratic Leaders Moving Ahead on Health Care

Greg Hitt Wall Street Journal 2/25/2010

Democratic congressional leaders appeared more determined Thursday to move forward on health overhaul legislation after several weeks of soul searching about whether to abandon the effort. “Move forward, we will,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) after the Blair House summit.

The day-long discussion didn’t appear to […]

Sen. Conrad: The House Goes First or ObamaCare Dies (Thank You Senator DeMint)

Posted by Dan Perrin RedState.com 2/25/2010

Senator Conrad, the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee said yesterday that reconciliation can only be used if the House passes the Senate bill first. As Sen. Conrad declared, “I don’t know of any way, I don’t know of any way where you can have a reconciliation bill pass […]

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