Waxman to Push '09 Health Care Reform

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Byline: Sean Lengell, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The top House lawmaker in charge of writing health care legislation said Thursday that he is committed to passing a universal health care package by the end of the year, just hours before the Senate was expected to approve an expansion of a popular children's medical insurance program.

This is our time, we need to move forward, we need to get this job accomplished this year and get the bill to the president, said House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman at a conference sponsored by Families USA, a liberal health care advocacy group.

Meanwhile, the Senate was poised to pass a $32 billion …