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The key moments in Obama’s struggle to pass health reform
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Mar 28, 2010 06:48am |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Jeffrey Young |
| News Date | Saturday, March 27, 2010 01:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The difference between the passage and failure of health reform arguably came down to the Democrats’ ability to take a punch, a 7-hour White House summit and 312 votes in a Minnesota Senate race.
President Barack Obama and his allies on Capitol Hill overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles and achieved a goal that eluded leaders for nearly a century when they put into law national healthcare reform.
The eventful year-plus odyssey featured soaring highs like Obama’s signing ceremony on Tuesday and calamitous lows, most notably losing Sen. Edward Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) old seat.
But in the end, Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) maneuvered their way to success.
Here’s a look back at some of the key breaking points in the battle for healthcare reform.
Democrats took a massive punch and kept swinging. After failing to meet Obama’s deadline for the House and Senate to pass bills by Aug. 1, 2009, Democratic lawmakers went home only to be greeted by boisterous crowds at town hall meetings that seized the media spotlight and cemented the narrative that voters were not on board with healthcare reform.
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