Important issue within our country’s community. Inform yourselves y’all
“…President Obama said that political motives are behind GOP efforts to block the overhaul of health care in Congress. Video Watch as Obama says, “We’re going to get the job done” »
In a Rose Garden statement from the White House, Obama said Republicans “who openly announce their intentions to block this reform” would “rather score political points” than confront an ailing health care system that is draining the federal budget while leaving 46 million Americans uninsured.
“Time and again we’ve heard excuses to delay and defeat reform,” Obama said a day after Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele called for blocking health care legislation under debate in Congress. Video Watch Steele respond to Obama’s remarks »
The president said such tactics “play the politics of the moment instead of putting the interests of the people first.”
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“Some will try to delay action so that special interests can kill it,” Obama said.
“We can choose to follow that playbook again, or we can come together and insist this time will be different.”
Via CNN.com
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