Behind the scenes: Passing health-care reform

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May 11, 2009

President Obama makes a point during a meeting of health-care stakeholders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Pete Souza / The White House

Sept. 9, 2009

President Obama and Jon Favreau, director of speechwriting, edit a speech in the Oval Office on health care in preparation for the president's address to a joint session of Congress.

Pete Souza / The White House

July 13, 2009

President Obama pumps his fists in the outer Oval Office while talking with senior staff, from left, Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the Office of Health Reform, Peter Orszag, director of Office of Management and Budget, Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs, and Larry Summers, director of the National Economic Council.

Pete Souza / The White House

June 18, 2009

President Obama is briefed by Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office for Health Reform, during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on health care.

Pete Souza / The White House

July 23, 2009

President Obama answers questions during a town hall meeting at Shaker Heights High School in Cleveland.

Samantha Appleton / The White House

Aug. 14, 2009

Members of the audience listen as President Obama addresses a town hall meeting at Gallatin Field in Belgrade, Mont., on health-care insurance reform.

Pete Souza / The White House

Aug. 14, 2009

President Obama participates in a town hall meeting at Gallatin Field in Belgrade, Mont., on health-care insurance reform.

Pete Souza / The White House

Jan. 15, 2010

President Obama pauses during a meeting on health care with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is seated at left.

Pete Souza / The White House

Feb. 25, 2010

President Obama walks from Blair House to the White House after a bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform. He is accompanied by, among others, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).

Pete Souza / The White House

Feb. 25, 2010

President Obama talks with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) during the nationally televised bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform at Blair House in Washington.

Pete Souza / The White House

Dec. 24, 2009

President Obama gestures during a meeting in preparation for a phone call with a member of Congress in the Oval Office.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 3, 2010

President Obama edits a speech on health care with Jon Favreau, director of speechwriting, in Favreau's West Wing office at the White House.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 3, 2010

President Obama fist-bumps a medical professional in the Green Room of the White House before the start of a health-care event.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 8, 2010

President Obama speaks about health-care reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 10, 2010

A member of the audience at St. Charles High School in St. Charles, Mo., holds a sign during President Obama's speech on Medicare fraud and health-care insurance reform.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 18, 2010

President Obama checks his BlackBerry as he walks along the Colonnade to the Oval Office.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 19, 2010

President Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with a member of Congress about health care.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 19, 2010

President Obama talks on the phone with a member of Congress while en route to a health-care event at George Mason University in Fairfax. At right is Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 21, 2010

President Obama and Vice President Biden greet Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office for Health Reform, in the Blue Room of the White House after their remarks about the House vote to pass the health-care reform bill.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 21, 2010

President Obama, Vice President Biden and senior staff react in the Roosevelt Room of the White House as the House passes the health-care reform bill.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 21, 2010

In between meetings on health-care reform, President Obama plays ball with Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff for the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, on the White House basketball court.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 21, 2010

President Obama reacts to a BlackBerry message in the Treaty Room office of the White House.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 22, 2010

President Obama talks with Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office for Health Reform, during a reception on the Truman Balcony of the White House after the House voted to pass health-care reform.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 22, 2010

President Obama celebrates with staff on the Truman Balcony of the White House after the House voted to pass health-care reform.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 21, 2010

President Obama and Vice President Biden congratulate Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs, on the passage of the health-care reform bill, as they ride the elevator to the residence of the White House.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 22, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulates President Obama on the House vote to pass health-care reform before a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 23, 2010

President Obama embraces Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after signing the health insurance reform bill in the East Room of the White House.

Pete Souza / The White House

President Obama and Vice President Biden wait in the Blue Room of the White House before delivering remarks and signing the health insurance reform bill.

Pete Souza / The White House

March 23, 2010

President Obama signs the health insurance reform bill in the East Room of the White House.

Chuck Kennedy / The White House

March 23, 2010

President Obama's signature on the health insurance reform bill.

Chuck Kennedy / The White House

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