Obama: Passing Health Care Through Reconciliation Process Still A Possibility | Talking Points Memo

So what happens if pressure from progressive activists doesn’t get health care passed? President Obama says the budget reconciliation process is still one option. “[W]e moved forward on the basis of the assumption that we could get a bill through the regular order and the regular process by October,” Obama told liberal bloggers on a conference call last night. “If I think that is not possible, then we are going to look at all of our options, including reconciliation. Not because that is my preferred option but because what I think would be unacceptable for the American people is inaction.”


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