Some random tidbits from the WH meeting with Hill members about HCR...

[Clio the Leo]

Elected officials sitting in the Roosevelt room, Labor sitting in the cabinet room, Obama runs back and forth between them...
http://twitter.com/Todd_Zwillich/status/7723553563

... WHILE he stayed up to date on the Haiti situation...
http://twitter.com/markknoller/status/7723755278

Obama says, "no one leaves until we have a deal"
http://twitter.com/abettel/status/7722600599

(session lasted over 8 hours)
http://twitter.com/markknoller/status/7729878656

Possible deal struck by Unions to exempt collectively bargained health care plans from the Caddy tax...
http://twitter.com/wonkroom/status/7718448236

Drug companies asked to pitch in another 10 billion...
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/hc_20100113_4218.php

Obama, Pelosi, Reid issued a joint statement saying they have made "significant progress" on the bill...
http://twitdoc.com/c/xhyv9m

Mass official says it could take "two weeks to certify the special election." Is this a stall tactic to give the Dems enough time to pass the bill with Kirk's vote if Coakley loses? hmmmm...
http://twitter.com/benpolitico/status/7724488978

[Cha]

1. Thanks Clio~

Coakley's going to win!

~STAND WITH MARTHA~:patriot::patriot:
http://www.marthacoakley.com/splash_111310

[jenmito]

2. K&R. Thanks for the hectic schedule of the guy who's

gettin' it done! :hi: He's walking, chewing gum, juggling, eating pie, doing hand-stands, and singing all at the same time!

[Clio the Leo]

3. lol, I doubt he's eating pie....

.... gotta stay light on your feet to do all of that running back and forth. It's like a scene from The West Wing. :)

(for those who need a mental picture)

Unions folks were in the big tan room, Congresspeople in the big blue room, little Barry runs back and forth (and occasionally into the Oval to take a phone call from the PM of wherever.)

[levander]

9. The dining room isn't by the lobby?

Hopefully some of those rooms are bigger than they look in the picture. That dining room looks tiny.

It's also interesting how the Chief of Staff's office has it's door facing away from the Vice Presidents office. I guess if the Chief of Staff and VP aren't getting along so great, it offers a kind of "buffer", where they don't have to look at each other all the time. :) Smart.

[Pirate Smile]

4. Thanks!There's been precious little leaked on the 8 hr mtg. I've been looking all over for info.

:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

5. Twitter is the greatest invention since butter cream frosting. NT

[Pirate Smile]

6. I like it too.

[SpartanDem]

7. More meetings today

Negotiations resume at 2:30
Leading House Democrats will take a break from their annual issues conference on Thursday to head back to the White House at 2:30 for another negotiating session over the health care bill, according to a congressional aide.

President Barack Obama will then make the trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to address Democrats in the Capitol Visitor Center at 5 this evening.

http://www.politico.com/livepulse/

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. What an excellent post. Thank you.

I would never have seen most of this info otherwise

[HopeOverFear]

10. thanks