Move Over Health Care, 2010 Is All About Jobs
Disputes over federal funding for abortions, the establishment of a public option and a tight Congressional schedule are likely to delay a final health care bill for President Obama to sign, Politico Health Care Editor Craig Gordon told Bob Orr on Wednesday's Washington Unplugged.
The new timetable has talks slipping into February, past Obama's State of the Union address.
"Look, President Obama is anxious, I would say almost desperate to turn to the question of jobs and the economy," Gordon said. "They've been really trying to get health reform out of the way."
"The negotiations will be going kind of hot and heavy, but I don't think we'll see a final deal struck until early February," he added.
The White House plans to focus much of their attention on the economy and creating jobs at the start of the new year, Gordon said, emphasizing improvements in infrastructure, creating "green" jobs and incentives for small business owners.
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- If this goes as good as health care there should be a record amount of payoffs behind closed doors in washington DC, this should make health care look like small potatoes.
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- "Move Over Health Care, 2010 Is All About Jobs" LOL this should be good given this administrations track record so far. The only variable will be how much it will cost the American taxpayer and which congressman (or woman) gets the biggest kickback. It will be like watching three kids trying to divide a candy bar on the playground. They should all be fired including the independents LOL I love that word in politics it's the long form of CYA to get relected
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- Hey Obama, why wasn't 2009 All About Jobs?
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- This Bill is just BAILOUT for illagal Obama who send thosands to War and has no jobs for the people and who has trashed Medicare for those already paid for it. What a awful president. He will go down in History as the worse President that ever was. www.impeachobamacampaign.com
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- Uh, PRESIDENT Obama did not "send" thousands to war, Bush did. PRESIDENT Obama just inheirited the problem. DUH. He is already doing more FOR this country than any other President in history! DUH!
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- genery What has Obama done so far? Did I miss something. We still have two wars going on, unemployment is still in double digits and companies are still laying off. And we still don't have health insurance reform, or did Obama change that back to health care reform.
