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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (101554)	9/2/2009 1:11:11 PM
From: Broken_Clock	3 Recommendations Respond to of 116555

What exactly was "his argument"? That crazy people think in slogans and acronyms rather than rational thought? === You mean like "Hope and change"?

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (101554)	9/2/2009 8:11:33 PM
From: riversides	Respond to of 116555

Obama to Address Congress About Health Care washingtonpost.com By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 2, 2009 4:07 PM President Obama will address a joint session of Congress next Wednesday about the nation's health-care system, Democratic officials said Wednesday. Under pressure to seize the initiative on the biggest legislative proposal of his young administration, Obama is expected to add more detail to his vision for health-care reform when he speaks to lawmakers upon their return from an August recess. It is less likely that Obama will release his own detailed proposal, but he will comment more specifically on ideas that have already been offered by others, one administration policy expert said. "He's drawing on what's already out there," said the official, who was not authorized to speak to reporters. Congressional sources said President Obama called Democratic leaders Wednesday morning, before he left the White House for Camp David. Aides to lawmakers said that it was still unclear what Obama plans to say next week. "Senator Reid looks forward to hearing the president set the course for efforts in the fall to pass health-care reform," said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.). Obama is also scheduled to travel Monday to Cincinnati for an annual Labor Day picnic sponsored by the AFL-CIO, bringing the health-care debate to his political base at a critical moment. Although three House committees have passed versions of health-care reform, such legislation has been effectively stalled in the Senate, where a bipartisan group of legislators is struggling to reach a compromise. The so-called "Group of Six" senators is scheduled to confer again Friday, and faces a self-imposed deadline of Sept. 15 to reach an agreement. Obama's top aides have long believed that there are only three ways for the president to command time on all of the major television networks in prime time: an East Wing press conference, a speech from the Oval Office, and an address to a joint session of Congress. All three options were discussed Wednesday in an Oval Office meeting. Obama gathered his top advisers, including health policy aide Nancy-Ann DeParle and budget director Peter Orszag, for what one top aide described as a "discussion about the options" for health care as Congress returns to Washington. Staff writers Michael D. Shear and Ceci Connolly contributed to this report.