Budget Debate: President Obama’s Meeting with the House Democratic Caucus
This morning President Obama left for Britain and the G20 economic crisis summit, but last night he made one last visit with Democratic congressional members to lay out in clear terms the stakes of the pending vote. Calling his budget “a distillation of core Democratic values,” he urged members of Congress to pass his blueprint for sustained economic growth.
From the Washington Post:
Appearing before an unusually unified House Democratic caucus, President Obama tonight linked passage of a budget resolution later this week to securing momentum for the more critical legislative fights ahead such as health care reform.
... "I need your vote in passing the budget. If we do that, we will create a sense of momentum that will allow us to do health care reform and education," Obama said, according to the notes of a Democrat in attendance.
Meanwhile, supporters across the country have been adding their voices to the debate -- calling their own representatives to let them know where they stand, and calling fellow supporters to let them know that now is the time to weigh in on this important issue. Yesterday the Senate began a 50 hour period of debate on the budget, and a vote in both the House and the Senate is expected within days.
