At 10am (eastern) this morning, the President will host a bipartisan meeting at the Blair House to discuss health reform legislation. The meeting will be broadcast live – C‑SPAN coverage begins at 9:45am ET on C‑SPAN3, C‑SPAN.org and C‑SPAN Radio. The entire meeting will also be streamed live on www.WhiteHouse.gov.
View a side-by-side comparison of the House-passed and Senate-passed bills here. View the President’s health reform proposal here.
The President will offer brief opening comments, followed by Republican and Democratic Members of Congress chosen by their colleagues. They will then begin discussions around following four themes:
- Controlling costs;
- Insurance reforms;
- Reducing the deficit; and
- Expanding coverage.
The President will be seated in the middle of one side of the hollow square, with the Vice President, Secretary Sebelius, and congressional Leadership seated alongside him at the table. Members of Congress will be seated by caucus around the square.
Members of Congress expected to attend the meeting include:
- Senator Harry Reid, D-NV, Majority Leader
- Senator Mitch McConnell, R-KY, Republican Leader
- Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, Majority Whip
- Senator Jon Kyl, R-AZ, Republican Whip
- Senator Max Baucus, D-MT, Chairman of the Finance Committee
- Senator Chuck Grassley, R-IA, Ranking Member of the Finance Committee
- Senator Tom Harkin, D-IA, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Senator Chris Dodd, D-CT, Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY
- Senator Patty Murray, D-WA
- Senator Kent Conrad, D-ND
- Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-WV
- Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR
- Senator Lamar Alexander, R-TN
- Senator John Barrasso, R-WY
- Senator Tom Coburn, R-OK
- Senator John McCain, R-AZ
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA
- Representative Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Majority Leader
- Representative John Boehner, R-OH, Republican Leader
- Representative James Clyburn, D-SC, Majority Whip
- Representative Eric Cantor, R-VA, Republican Whip
- Representative Charles Rangel, D-NY, Chairman of the Ways and Committee
- Representative Dave Camp, R-MI, Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee
- Representative Henry Waxman, D-CA, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee
- Representative Joe Barton, R-TX, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee
- Representative George Miller, D-CA, Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee
- Representative John Kline, R-MN, Ranking Member of the Education and Labor Committee
- Representative John Dingell, D-MI, Chair Emeritus of the Energy and Commerce Committee
- Representative Xavier Becerra, D-CA
- Representative Louise Slaughter, D-NY
- Representative Robert Andrews, D-NJ
- Representative Jim Cooper, D-TN
- Representative Paul Ryan, R-WI
- Representative Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
- Representative Charles Boustany, R-LA
- Representative Peter Roskam, R-IL
** Note: Senator McConnell and Leader Boehner will designate one additional Republican member to attend.**
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