Congress Returns: Administration Hopes to Ram through Health Care Legislation

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressional leaders from the Democrat majority met with President Obama in a closed door meeting yesterday to discuss the possibilities of forcing health care legislation through the House of Representatives, Senate, and onto the President’s desk before the end of the year. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) met in Private with the President in preparation to his speech on Wednesday night before a Joint-Session of the United States Congress.

According to insiders on Capitol Hill, President Obama impressed upon both the Speaker and Senate Majority Leader the absolute necessity of getting health care legislation passed as soon as feasibly possible. The President and Congressional leaders are optimistic despite vocal and persistent opposition faced by members of Congress during their summer recess at town halls across the country. This comes as no surprise to political analysts since Speaker Pelosi and other Congressional members from the majority sought to cast opposition as “racist” in an attempt to discredit critics of the Central Authority’s push for control over the health care industry.

In preparation for his address before Congress and the nation, the President spent the weekend working through the night at Camp David located in Frederick County Maryland penning his speech long hand, which at last report, totaled ten pages before then turning it over to aides in his administration for revision.

Expectations are that during the President’s speech, he will seek to correct what are by his view mischaracterizations and fabrications surrounding the government’s health care plan. In addition, there is a strong likelihood that the President will clarify the Administration’s stance on whether or not a public option will remain after remarks by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNN’s John King:

“it [public option] is not the essential element”

Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary of Health and Human Service

In the coming weeks “The Smoking Argus Daily” will further delve into the details of the government’s health care plan offering comprehensive reports, editorial, and, analyze key features of the plan such as: