President Barack Obama (C) walks with Sergeant of Arms of the Senate Terrance Gainer (center-L) as he arrives on Capitol Hill for a Democratic Caucus meeting
"Don't do it for me. Don't do it for Nancy Pelosi or for Harry Reid," he said. "Do it for all those people who are struggling."
"This piece of historic legislation is built on the private insurance system that we have now and runs straight down the center of American political thought," he told lawmakers Saturday.
"We are making sure that the system of private insurance works for ordinary families," he said, calling the legislation a "patient's bill of rights on steroids" and "the toughest insurance reform in history."
"If you agree that the system is not working for ordinary families, if you've heard the same stories that I've heard everywhere, all across the country, then help us fix the system," Obama said in urging lawmakers to pass the bill.”
Democratic leaders decided to abandon the legislative mechanism known as "deem and pass" to avoid a direct vote on health care legislation. They will instead hold an up or down vote Sunday on the $875 billion reform plan that the Senate has already passed.
Did you watch the speech and what are your views regarding the Republican decision to exclude themselves from this historic process?
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