Obama means business. He wants to get this thing done.
http://www.politico.com/...
BREAKING: President Obama is pushing back his trip to Asia, previously planned for March 18, by three days in order to focus on health care.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs tweeted Friday morning: "The President will delay leaving for Indonesia and Australia - will now leave Sunday - the First Lady and the girls will not be on the trip"
This says to me that Obama wants before he leaves that the House passes the Senate bill and the fixes. While he is gone on his trip then the Senate can start their reconciliation process whereby they take the House's "fixes" and do their mark up in the budget committee. By the time that Obama comes back, that should be done in the Senate where by then the Senate will take up the reconciliation bill and vote where will be a huge process altogether. I am sure that Biden will be in the chamber for that one since he is the "President of the Senate" and most likely will have the final rule.
This is significant because this is telling the House members that he will do what needs to get done to get this thing passed.
I am absolutely sure that if it doesn't get done before he leaves that he will reschedule his trip.
This is just too important.