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Defend America on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:40:56 PM
House Dems want trip delayed again
By GLENN THRUSH | 03/16/10 3:25 PM
The White House has been bringing its A game to the final push to pass
health care reform – and some House Democrats are so pleased with the
shift they want President Barack Obama to postpone his planned Asia
trip again if a deal isn’t sealed before his newly announced departure
on Sunday.
Several House members interviewed by POLITICO said Obama’s looming trip
to Australia, Indonesia and Guam, while creating a natural deadline for
11th-hour health care talks, is once again becoming a problem as he
tries to sell reluctant members of his own party on the reform
legislation.
Last week, the president pushed back his planned Friday departure three
days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats groused he
was leaving at a critical time.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0310/should_he_stay_or_go_f51c6d1f-ec07-49d7-9453-65ef646ec294.html