Obama Returns to D.C., Health Care Debate

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President Barack Obama is back at work this week, and it’s safe to say that health care reform will remain at the top of the president’s agenda. Will President Obama still try to compromise with Republicans or will the president and Democrats go it alone, using procedural techniques to pass reform with a simple majority in the Senate? Here to help us understand the very difficult path to health care reform is Jay Newton-Small, Washington reporter for Time Magazine.

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