Posted on 12/11/2009 7:27:32 PM PST by myknowledge
WASHINGTON — With a Nobel Peace Prize in hand, President Barack Obama returned to the grind of governing, refocusing on his top domestic priority as the Senate moves toward a pivotal moment on legislation to remake the nation's health care system.
Obama arrived Friday from Norway after becoming the first chief executive to collect the storied award so early in his tenure. He blitzed through his Nobel itinerary, then met privately with U.S. embassy staff at his hotel in Oslo before returning to a huge agenda hanging in the balance, including health care and another European trip next week for a climate summit.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is working privately to secure support among Senate Democrats for a tentative deal to expand the government' role in health care. The potential breakthrough in the long health care debate was reached Tuesday, and Democrats are driving for a final vote before Christmas. The House already has passed its bill.
Obama's goal — to expand coverage to those without it, improve it for those who do and rein in the crushing costs of health care — remains at the core of his political efforts. Congress has spent months trying to get out a bill that satisfies its own blocs and Obama.
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He'll give it back. Cant have the One actually doing something more difficult than snorting blow, reading a teleprompter and swinging a golf club now.
She's wearing the jacket because she knows it describes her perfectly. She just can't spell.
Mohammeds parting words to the Norwegians:
“Thank you so much... I know America sucks, and I’ll do my best to put the American bastards in their place ... May God bless Norway and Kenya”
Are there droll buckets next to the desks of AP poodles?
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