Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Pelosi on Democrats Meeting With Obama

Obama in a meeting with Congress last year

Looks like healthcare is getting done, folks:
“We had a very intense couple of days with meetings with our leadership, meetings with our staff,” she said. “After our leadership meeting this morning our staff engaged with the Senate and the administration staff to review the legislation, suggest legislative language. I think we’re very close to reconciliation, respectful of the challenges policy and otherwise in the House and in the Senate.”

“We will bring the bill to the floor when we are ready,” she said. “And hopefully that will be soon.”

“We could not have asked the president to be more cooperative, even though he’s doing more listening than talking,” Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) added. Politico
Politico also has the White House's statement on the meeting:
“The president, Speaker Pelosi and the committee chairs held a constructive meeting in the Roosevelt Room. They discussed issues of interest to the speaker and chairmen, and they committed to continue working through the remaining differences between the bills. All of the participants agreed that they will continue moving forward to enact health insurance reform legislation as soon as possible.”