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Reid announces merged Senate health care bill will include national public plan that states could opt out of.

REAX: White House "pleased," Baucus just wants 60, Schumer calls it "the best compromise" and Snowe "deeply disappointed."

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The Political Schedule

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Wednesday, December 9

    • 9:35 am
    • President Obama and Vice President Biden receive the presidential daily briefing in the Oval Office
    • 10:50 am
    • President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with bipartisan members of Congress in the Cabinet Room
    • 11:50 am
    • President Obama makes a statement to the press
    • 12:20 pm
    • President Obama makes a Recovery Act announcement on community health centers in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
    • 1:00 pm
    • Robert Gibbs delivers his daily press briefing at the White House
    • 2:00 pm
    • President Obama meets with business and environmental leaders in the Roosevelt Room
    • 7:15 pm
    • President Obama and Michelle Obama depart The White House en route Andrews Air Force Base
    • 7:35 pm
    • President Obama and Michelle Obama depart Andrews Air Force Base en route Oslo, Norway

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