Following on his meeting earlier this week with Democrats from the Senate Finance and HELP committees (the two committees with jurisdiction over health reform legislation), President Obama has sent a letter to the committees’ chairmen–Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)–restating his priorities, and committing to some new spending cuts to generate revenue to pay for comprehensive legislation.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=142067