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The end of this month. is it going to happen? >> that the big question moving forward. robert gibbs did set the deadline of march 18th. it was interesting yesterday on nbc, kathleen sebelius seemed to dance around that, would not commit to that deadline. i also noticed the president today did not talk about any deadline at all. aides still insisting the deadline is firm to get it done by the end of this month. essentially. but as you know, deadline after deadline has been missed leading back through last year, into the early part of this year. and the bottom line, right now, this president jus...

Party remain skeptical. with mid-term elections coming in november, many are unsure just how they'll vote. >> in the end i have to make a decision between passing this bill, this is the finish line, or doing nothing. i'm weighing the balance between the two so. >> so kiran, many lawmakers who are in that position and the tricky part of this is the moderate democrats. if the house members don't end up passing the senate version in the next couple of weeks they're going to go home for the easter recess, they may get an earful from constituents not happy with this health care reform bill that may...

Patients and one of the reasons why is the state of pennsylvania takes a long, long time to actually get those doctors their medicaid reimbursements. it's one of the things the president will talk about, how resolved those types of issues by looking at the health care overhaul. >> i keep talking to kiran, i call you that, sorry, kyra. >> it's okay. >> reporter: i apologize. >> you know i love you. go ahead. >> reporter: love you back there. the timetable here, the president would like to see that the house address this, and pass the senate bill, the version on the senate side, by the time he g...

Version by march 18th, before the president leaves for indonesia, but the whole -- >> the whole thing would be done by easter recess, which is what they want -- and frankly, they're probably right about that one politically. >> let's do our trivia. how many congressmen have represented harlem since world war ii? the answer shows amazing consistency. adam clayton powell jr., and charlie rangel, the only two. >> charlie rangel bead adam clayton powell in a primary and he has a very serious challenge they are time. coming up, how crucial is the iraq election both to iraq and plans to withdraw u...

The president will gas up care force one for st. louis to do the same thing. this is the president putting some skin in the game to put some personal prestige and the bully pulpit of the presidency to get congress to follow through and get this thing done before the easter recess. >> do you think it's likely to have its intended affect and stiffen the spines of democrats, put people on the fence into the yes column. >> one can only hope. i'm sure people at the white house are hoping. they are under a deadline from what i've been reading and hearing a report of house sperg nancy pelosi wants to...