By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger

Today, President Barack Obama will deliver a speech to Congress outlining his plan to move forward on health care reform. The president is expected to advocate the use of budget reconciliation.

On Monday, the White House released its plan for health care reform, which resembles the Senate bill with additional concessions for liberals and labor unions. Tomorrow, President Obama will hold a televised health care summit. Obama is billing the summit as a last-ditch attempt to solicit Republican ideas for health care reform. In fact, he’s hoping to give the GOP enough rope to hang itself.

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger

The conservative videographer who donned a pimp suit to embarrass the anti-poverty group ACORN was arrested in New Orleans, LA for allegedly conspiring to bug the office of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu.

Healthcare reform is back in the news, as legislators and interest groups spar over the promised public component of Obama’s healthcare plan.

Two healthcare bombshells hit yesterday afternoon: The Republicans finally decided that having a health secretary to manage a potential pandemic was more important than grandstanding on abortion and confirmed Kathleen Sebelius. Sen. Arlen Specter announced that he would cross the aisle and caucus with the Democrats, which, at least in theory gives the Dems a filibuster-proof majority if and when they seat Al Franken.