Washington (CNN) — The new year will bring new challenges for President Obama, but the fight for health care reform continues to top his domestic agenda as Congress prepares to reconvene.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to return from vacation January 12; the Senate meets January 19. At issue for both chambers: how to merge two sweeping bills that differ on several critical details.
A House-Senate conference committee will begin formal negotiations this month, though legislative leaders have started discussions behind closed doors.
Should the measure that emerges from House-Senate negotiations become law, it would constitute the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid more than four decades ago.
via Congress prepares for final health care push – CNN.com.
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