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Obama prods Congress to pass health bill quickly
Associated Press - 1/6/10 - President Barack Obama is prodding House and Senate Democrats to get him a final health care bill as soon as possible, encouraging them to bypass the usual negotiations between the two chambers in the interest of speed.
Governor to outline jobs plan in speech
San Francisco Chronicle - 1/6/10 - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce a job creation package and renew calls for reform to the state's budget process and tax structure during his final State of the State speech today.
Democrats holding final intraparty talks on health-care reform
Washington Post - 1/6/10 - Democratic leaders in Congress began a final round of health-care talks Tuesday, pledging to overcome their remaining differences, with the aim of sending a bill to President Obama before his State of the Union address in late January or early February.
Dem leaders to forgo conference
Politico - 1/6/10 - President Barack Obama and congressional Democratic leaders agreed Tuesday to forgo a formal conference committee for reconciling the Senate and House health care bills, according to three Democratic congressional aides.
Congress Doing Health Care The Hard Way
NPR - 1/6/10 - As lawmakers enter the last lap in the effort to pass a health care overhaul bill — merging the measures passed by the House and Senate — Congress watchers say looking back at how the debate got to this point may provide some important clues to where it might lead.
Democrats Circle the Wagons as Health Talks Restart
Wall Street Journal - 1/6/10 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, responding to Republican criticism of closed-door meetings on health-care legislation, said Tuesday that she would strive for transparency as Democrats kicked off their final push for a bill.
