By JEFF ZELENY,New York Times
Obama and co. are pushing government healthcare
President Obama on Wednesday declared that “the stars are aligned” to pass his health care agenda this year,with the legislation set to begin in the House of Representatives in July.
“We’ve got to get it done this year,” Mr. Obama said,standing on the South Lawn of the White House,surrounded by House Democratic leaders. “We’ve got to get it done this year,both in the House and Senate. We don’t have any excuses.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged to bring the legislation to the House floor by July,an ambitious goal considering the vastness and complexity of the nation’s health care system and the wide array of views on how the overhaul should work. She said the debate would begin before the Congressional recess in August.