Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama is postponing his trip to Asia
until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible Sunday
vote on his health care overhaul plan.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Obama has called the
leaders of Indonesia and Australia to express his regret that
he will not be able to visit their nations. Obama had already
pushed the trip back once, delaying his orginally scheduled
March 18 departure until Sunday so he could help Democrats on
Capitol Hill rally last-minute votes for the plan.
House Democrats say they are on track to vote on Sunday on a
$940 billion health care bill that will expand coverage to
millions of Americans.
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