Posted by Stephanie Condon
President Obama today lauded the progress Congress has made advancing health care reform but pressed legislators to keep working — and to try for bipartisanship.
“This progress should make us hopeful,” Mr. Obama said from the White House Rose Garden, “but it can’t make us complacent. It should instead provide the urgency for both the House and the Senate to finish their critical work on health reform before the August recess.”
The House of Representatives introduced its health reform proposal yesterday, while a key Senate panel voted on its own version of reform yesterday. Mr. Obama called the Senate bill “a major milestone.” Read More…
