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Did Obama move deadline for healthcare passage?

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CBS Marketwatch is reporting that President Obama is apparently moving his deadline for Congress to pass health-care reform legislation: 

 President Barack Obama called on Monday for passing a health-care overhaul by the end of the year, saying the need for reform is “urgent” and “indisputable.”

This is interesting, because Mr.Obama had previously had been pushing for Congress to pass legislation before the August recess.  It seems the doubt about the Democrats’ health care plan is growing in Blue Dog Democrats as well as governors from both parties.  The administration seems up against the ropes as polls for government healthcare have already dipped:Gallup , Rasmussen.       

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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket, a former Opinion Blogger/Editor of The Watercooler, was associate producer for the Media Research Center, a content producer for Robin Quivers of "The Howard Stern Show" on Sirius satellite radio and a production assistant and copy writer at MTV.

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