Obama Kicks Off Crucial Week on Feisty Note
President presses for a new public health-insurance plan, as Senate allies move toward a bipartisan deal that leaves out a government-run program.
The Wall Street Journal
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
President presses for a new public health-insurance plan, as Senate allies move toward a bipartisan deal that leaves out a government-run program.
The Wall Street Journal
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
CINCINNATI -- President Barack Obama kicked off a crucial week for his top domestic priority by pressing for a new government-run health-insurance program just as key senators moved closer to a bipartisan deal that leaves out the public plan.
Speaking at a boisterous Labor Day rally of AFL-CIO members in Cincinnati, Obama sought to rally his fractious Democratic base in this swing region of a crucial swing state. Falling back on campaign flourishes he hasn't used since the election drive, he led chants and blasted Republicans for what he said was their lack of a solution for fixing the health system. "I continue to believe that a public option...will help improve quality and bring down costs," he told the crowd to applause.
But the president faces a more delicate task as Congress returns to Washington Tuesday from a bruising month-long recess that turned into a battle over the president's signature domestic-policy issue. To revive his health agenda, Obama will address Congress in a special joint session Wednesday where he will more clearly spell out what he can and can't accept in a final health bill, according to White House aides.
Rep. John Boehner, the House Republican leader, said Obama needs to do more than restate his priorities. "It's time for the president to hit the reset button and work with Republicans for better solutions, before more debt is piled on our children and more American jobs are destroyed," Boehner, of Ohio, said.
Speaking at a boisterous Labor Day rally of AFL-CIO members in Cincinnati, Obama sought to rally his fractious Democratic base in this swing region of a crucial swing state. Falling back on campaign flourishes he hasn't used since the election drive, he led chants and blasted Republicans for what he said was their lack of a solution for fixing the health system. "I continue to believe that a public option...will help improve quality and bring down costs," he told the crowd to applause.
But the president faces a more delicate task as Congress returns to Washington Tuesday from a bruising month-long recess that turned into a battle over the president's signature domestic-policy issue. To revive his health agenda, Obama will address Congress in a special joint session Wednesday where he will more clearly spell out what he can and can't accept in a final health bill, according to White House aides.
Rep. John Boehner, the House Republican leader, said Obama needs to do more than restate his priorities. "It's time for the president to hit the reset button and work with Republicans for better solutions, before more debt is piled on our children and more American jobs are destroyed," Boehner, of Ohio, said.
President Obama really needs to stop repeating himself and start working with others to find a better way to solve these problems and not just try to run them through government...
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