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Congress inclined to act first on health

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   April 20, 2009

Shortly after Congress returns from recess April 20, lawmakers will have to choose which Obama promise to make a higher priority: overhauling the healthcare system or addressing climate change. A growing number of Democratic lawmakers prefer healthcare, saying that has a far greater chance of producing consensus than climate change, inside the party and across party lines. And they argue that it would be a more tangible accomplishment to present to financially stressed voters heading into the 2010 midterm elections.

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