President Barack Obama is postponing his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible Sunday vote on his health care overhaul plan.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Obama has called the leaders of Indonesia and Australia to express his regret that he will not be able to visit their nations. Obama had already pushed the trip back once, delaying his orginally scheduled March 18 departure until Sunday so he could help Democrats on Capitol Hill rally last-minute votes for the plan. AP
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Obama Postpones Indonesia & Australia Trip Until June
Wow. This is the second postponement of the trip. Apparently, the delay is partly because the democrats have promised to post the bill for 72 hours before a vote. It has yet to be posted. Steny Hoyer expects the vote to be March 21, the day Obama would've left.
