Liberal and Conservative Democrats Brawl Over Bill

ain't we sumpin'


House Democrats feuded openly over health care Friday before shaking hands on a deal that guaranteed only that they would keep negotiating, wrapping up a week in which consensus on a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health-care system seemed to diminish by the day.

White House aides announced a week ago that President Obama was ready to "take the baton" for his biggest domestic campaign initiative, and indeed Obama campaigned for his proposals virtually nonstop this week, including taking an hour of prime-time television to make his case directly to the American public.

But despite the president's attentions, Congress was further away Friday from passing health-care legislation than it was on Monday, with only days left before lawmakers leave Washington for their August recess.

Senate Democrats announced a day after the news conference that they could not meet Obama's deadline for passing a health-care bill, while the House has been hung up by differences between liberals and more conservative members of the party.

Tensions in the House over the issue reached a boiling point Friday, when, during a back-and-forth day of private huddles, Democrats emerged at times to accuse one another of lying or "empowering the Republicans."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072403651_pf.html

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