WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. House Republican leaders Monday indicated they might be "reluctant to participate" in a healthcare summit proposed by President Barack Obama.
The president said Sunday he has invited Republican and Democratic leaders to meet with him on healthcare reform. In a letter Monday to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Republicans might not attend a summit unless Democrats scrap healthcare reform proposals already approved in the House and Senate.