Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will sign sweeping health care reform legislation into law at the White House on Tuesday, according to two Democratic officials familiar with the planning. Obama also will hit the road to sell the measure to a still-skeptical public, giving a speech Thursday in Iowa City, Iowa, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. Obama launched his grass-roots drive for health care reform in Iowa City in May 2007, according to Gibbs. The bill, which constitutes the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees in more than four decades, passed the House of Representatives late Sunday night with no Republican support. It was approved by the Senate in December.
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Obama to travel to Iowa to continue sales pitch to still-skeptical public
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President to sign bill on Tuesday; House Dems, reform advocates plan celebration
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Package of changes to bill still needs Senate approval; GOP could delay it there
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$940 billion health care reform bill heads to president's desk to be signed into law
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