Update: Yesterday evening, the House voted to approve the budget and, just after 12:00am this morning, the Senate followed suit. Details coming soon.

The AP is reporting that Congress is expected to take a final vote on a budget resolution as early as today. Both the House and Senate Budget Committees released their own proposals last week that protect the key investments President Obama had requested for fixing health care and restoring the economy.

Included in both proposals is the creation of a health reform reserve fund that would establish funding for health care without increasing the federal deficit. The plans recognize that the only way to stabilize our economic future is to reign in out-of-control health care costs for patients, businesses, and state governments.

This budget is critical for the future of health care. The Senate is voting on amendments to it as we speak. Use these final hours to call your members of Congress and tell them to vote YES on a budget that makes a serious commitment to health care reform.

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At the White House's online town hall yesterday, SEIU nurse Linda Bock thanked President Obama for giving her the opportunity to be heard and offer a front line perspective of the health care crisis. Bock expressed the importance of nurses having a voice in the solution to fix health care, to create a system that puts caregivers in charge of the decisions that affect their patients to ensure the high-quality of care.

The President also had a few words to say, expressing his appreciation for all the hardworking nurses who are there "around the clock" to provide the best care possible for their patients. Calling nurses the backbone of the country's health care system, Obama admitted, "I'm biased towards nurses, I just like nurses." He went on to address the problems facing caregivers in this country today and why we must fix healthcare now.