State of the Union
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by
Krista Fogelsong & Tracie Potts
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
President Barack Obama has implored lawmakers not to abandon his health care overhaul, and he's also taking part of the blame for its near collapse.
In his state of the union address, the president urged democrats and republicans to let temperatures cool and take another look at the legislation that passed the house and senate last year.
Obama said his administration and congress have gotten closer than ever to insuring millions more.
The legislation is stalled in congress after democrats lost a Massachusetts senate seat last week and their filibuster-proof majority.
But, this year health care is not his number one focus.
President Obama said, “Businesses are beginning to invest and slowly some are starting to hire again, but, men and women wake up with anguish over where the next paycheck will come from. That is why jobs must be our focus in 2010 and that's why I'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight.”