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From: Nadine Carroll	7/3/2009 5:31:25 AM
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From Politico: Never has a President shown more concern to pass something, or less concern as to what that something might be. Is there even a bill in either chamber? Obama calls top Hill Dems to push health care By CHRIS FRATES \| 7/2/09 9:25 PM EDT President Barack Obama told top congressional Democrats Thursday that he was putting his political capital behind health care reform and reminded them that it was crucial for both chambers to pass legislation this month, according to three sources familiar with the conversation. The mid-afternoon conference call with the nation's top Democrats came as Obama prepares to leave the country next week to attend the G-8 summit and served as a reminder that Congress cannot let momentum slow. Obama acknowledged that the House and Senate would likely pass strikingly different bills. "Obama made a very firm pitch that they need to get the bills out of the House and Senate and we'll worry about the details in September," said a health care insider. The president also stressed the importance of keeping critical ads that could undermine momentum to a minimum, particularly among liberal groups, and indicated that he was already working to curtail them, said a source involved in the call. The high-powered call included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus; key Senate health committee member Sen. Chris Dodd and the three committee chairmen shepherding health reform in the House: Reps. Henry Waxman, Charlie Rangel and George Miller. All the participants had a turn to speak during the lengthy call, which focused more on process than health care policy details. "No one else on the White House side spoke," said an insider. "This was an Obama phone call." politico.com

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