Easy?

That was easy, eh?:

Efforts to pass sweeping health care legislation took a big step forward on Wednesday as House Democratic leaders reached an agreement with fiscally conservative party members that would cut the bill’s cost and exempt many small businesses from having to provide health benefits to workers.

The agreement, brokered by aides to President Obama, overcame a 10-day impasse and would allow a pivotal House committee to resume work on the bill, with an expectation that the panel could approve it later this week.

Under the deal, the Democratic leaders promised to defer a vote by the full House until September, so lawmakers could test public sentiment on the measure, which could fundamentally restructure one-sixth of the nation’s economy.

So maybe the bill has enough imperfections to cause the progressives to vote against it, or maybe it will be even further gutted by the time it finishes markup and reconciliation with the Senate, who knows. At least there's something that reads like progress, and I have a lot of faith in my Congressman, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA).

On the Senate side, however, the arguably corrupt Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) continues to create garbage and impasses that only helps his insurance company donors. Check out this chart of his connections here. Sickening.

Obama and Reid: replace him on this ASAP, if it takes getting the bill out of Baucus' Finance Committee to do it.

America's not getting any healthier waiting.