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Obama says Sunday health vote historic
[Iran Press TV Latest] US President Barack Obama has characterized the Sunday's congressional vote on his sprawling healthcare reform as historic, saying he would expect a tough vote this weekend. "Right now, we are at the point where we are going to do something historic this weekend," Obama said Friday in a sports arena in northern Virginia as 8,500 supporters were chanting his campaign theme "Yes We Can", AFP reported. The Charge of the Light Brigade was historic, too. "In just a few days, a century-long struggle will culminate in an historic vote," he said. After more than a year of intense debate, the US House of Representatives is expected to decide on the sweeping healthcare overhaul on Sunday. Obama has postponed his trip this week to Indonesia and Australia to concentrate on the healthcare bill. The bill has faced strong opposition from the Republicans who say it will increase the country's massive budget deficit. The US Congressional Budget Office, however, said the final version of the healthcare plan would cut the federal deficit by nearly $140 billion over 10 years. Obama says the bill would enable his administration to provide insurance to some 30 million Americans who currently live without it. The United States is the only industrialized Western nation which has failed to provide some sort of insurance for all it citizens. Posted by: Fred 2010-03-20 |
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