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Does Healthcare Reform Face an Endless Summer?

President Obama is pulling out all the stops to get healthcare reform, including a news conference tonight in prime time. What challenges will he still face when he continues his campaign tomorrow? Also, gun-control advocates win a close Senate vote, and DNA testing and Major League Baseball.

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By Warren Olney • Jul 22, 2009 • 50m Listen

President Obama is pulling out all the stops to get healthcare reform, including a news conference tonight in prime time. What challenges will he still face when he continues his campaign tomorrow? Also, gun-control advocates win a close vote in the Senate, and genetic testing of employees by employers will become illegal in the US this coming November. What will that mean for Major League Baseball?


Banner image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a news conference on health care reform with House Democrats and patients affected by a lack of healthcare. Photo:Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Producer, The Treatment

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