Paul Bedard, U.S. News & World Report
- There’s a new twist in the prolonged push in Washington for healthcare reform. The pro-Obama group Americans United for Change is spending about $500,000 to encourage blacks to back up their House representatives who vote for healthcare reform.
“We’re officially announcing nearly half a million dollars in TV and radio ads as part of a major coalitional, homestretch ad blitz urging Congress to pass health insurance reform,” says a group spokesman. “For our part, we’re encouraging predominantly African-American listeners across the country let their members of Congress know that if they stand with them and not the big insurance companies, they will have their backs.
