Stumping for Jobs Plan, Obama Pushes Health Bill
February 3, 2010
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February 2, 2010
President Obama hit the road again Tuesday to promote the new job-creation program he described as his No. 1 priority, but he refused to abandon his embattled health care legislation, vowing to "punch it through" resistance in Congress.
In a feisty and at times biting performance, Mr. Obama said the rising national debt "keeps me awake at night," but put much of the blame on his predecessor and on unrestrained health care spending that he wants to rein in.
The New Hampshire visit was the latest stop on Mr. Obama's tour of the country that is intended to recalibrate his presidency after the special election in Massachusetts cost his party unfettered control of the Senate.
His town-hall-style meeting at a local high school here was the fifth time he had taken questions from an audience or over the Internet in 12 days, and he rejected the notion that the Massachusetts election doomed the health care overhaul.
"Suddenly everybody says, 'Oh no, it's over,' " Mr. Obama said in mocking tones. "Well, no, it's not over. We just have to make sure that we move methodically and that the American people understand what's in the bill."
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