Obama promised change, then tackled one of Washington's toughest issues; Universal healthcare reform. Obama said he wants to be the generation that says, “universal healthcare in America, we can do it!” He talked about nothing less than remaking America, but in the end they were just nice words? “Another day, another headache for President Obama.” The president had staked his entire first term on this, and if it had failed, his entire presidency could have gone into decline, fast. Everyone loved the idea of ​​healthcare reform, but are they willing to pay the price it will cost? When introducing a bill like this, every option must be open to discussion and every idea must be on the table. From the beginning, he received disapproval even within his own West Wing. The White House debated whether or not to actually proceed with such reform, because no president had ever made progress on comprehensive health care reform. First, healthcare wasn't an option, but then they just decided to scale it back. Vice President Joe Biden has opposed health care. Too many universal health care programs were dead in Biden's time in Washington, and he saw the same fate for Obama's deal as everyone else. Obama's economic team warned Obama that funding a major program, with the recession still hitting the population hard, was risky. Obama confided in Emanuel, asking him for advice and counsel, as well as relying on Capitol Hill's vast experience. His aggressive deal-making and experience made him an excellent candidate to help launch the bill. But Obama's choice of an insider deal like Emanuel had surprised many of his supporters, and was an immediate wake-up call to his supporters that this would not be a bipar... middle of paper... ... to pass the Senate bill. The Obama administration began its comeback by staging a confrontation with the Republicans. The president soon began bringing together House and Senate leaders, Democrats and Republicans, to try to save the health care reform bill. On live television, one after another, Obama addressed all the Republicans who opposed him. On Sunday, March 21, the president waited to see whether he had convinced enough members of his own party to pass the law. In the vote, there were 219 yes votes and 212 no votes. The motion was approved and it was entirely democratic, no republican, a huge victory for this president. For decades they have been trying to do this, pass health care reform and now it was done. It was a victory, but Washington knew that the president would soon pay for it and what's more, the Democrats' hope for bipartisanship had been dashed...