1.0 link 210832 <![CDATA[Progressives Launch Effort To Force Obama's Hand On Health Care]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/progressives-begin-effort_n_210832.html As a deadline for introducing a health care reform bill approaches the progressive community, which has been biting its tongue for weeks if not months, is now making calculated moves to force President Obama's hand.

Several times on the campaign trail candidate Obama called for sustained pressure from the left to enable him to make more ambitious policy decisions in the health care arena. Former DNC Chair Howard Dean echoed these sentiments at a recent panel on the future of health...

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