Obama's Team Works Congress From the Inside

New York Times by Matt Bai | Jun. 8, 2009 (Special Report)

Sometime in the next few weeks, Congress and the White House will descend into the labyrinthine politics of comprehensive health care reform. For Barack Obama, this signals the end, in a sense, of the eventful prologue to his presidency. Impressive as they are, Obama’s legislative victories to this point — most notably the $787 billion stimulus bill and a stunningly ambitious $3.6 trillion budget resolution — have been relatively easy lifts for a ... Full Story »

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3.9

by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 8, 2009

Fascinating story, but Matt Bai's language in some parts is laughable. Way too much first-person perspective -- is this the New York Times or Esquire? Content is great, though. This is an important story on how the Obama Administration and Congress have interacted since the new president assumed office.

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by Kenneth Sibbett - Jun. 8, 2009

A very good, an I dare say, unbiased look at Obama'a ambitious agenda.

I would bet my last dollar, and yes I'm down to my last dollar, that he will ram this through Congress by Hook or by Crook.

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jun. 5, 2009

This is a very well written article that is impossible to put down until you have read the (long) entire article (book).

Shows both the workings of the White House its staff and Congress. Details of how they are working together with many quoted references, both of parties and specific cases of legislation passed or in the works- namely the Heath Care Bill. A must read even if it is a huge seven pages.

Samuel posted this story.

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Wall Street Journal by Janet Adamy, Greg Hitt | Jun. 9, 2009 (News Report)

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