1.0 link 176279 <![CDATA[Dem 'Centrists' Plot To Push Back On Obama Agenda]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/dem-centrists-plot-to-ham_n_176279.html UPDATE 3/20: House Democrats are setting a September deadline for a compromise with Republicans on health care, the Washington Post reports. After that, they will use the budget reconciliation process to move forward without GOP votes.

After meeting late Wednesday with senior White House officials, House Democratic leaders decided to include the shortcut in the budget proposal they will unveil next week, congressional sources said.


Known as budget reconciliation, the shortcut would permit lawmakers to roll Obama's health-care proposals into...

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