George Stephanopolous of ABC News is reporting that President Obama will be addressing a joint session of Congress Wednesday.
President Obama will address a joint session of Congress on Sept 9.
This comes as the White House has been signaling publicly that they are ready to take charge of the health care debate.
This will undoubtedly be the moment he announces that Max Baucus shall henceforth be king.*
* Please set sarcasm levels to "Sensitive Poet Type". This sentence is snark.
Update [2009-9-2 16:19:40 by LarsThorwald]: According to commenter, uh (sigh) Rimjob below, CNN is also reporting the following:
•Negotiations with Senator Olympia Snow are ongoing.
•The deal for her support & possibly that of some other moderates would be the public option only coming into being as part of a "trigger."
•The White House will invite Congressional Democratic Leaders to discuss President Obama's intentions before the speech.