He has worked with to pass reforms in health care and education.

"With a little more time, we could have passed historic reform."

But that rationale will no longer apply once Congress passes national reform.

If it weren't hard, we would have passed reform 20 years ago like every other industrialized country did.

We now have a chance to pass real reform because this President, unlike his predecessors, is anxious to change the system.

And it's why we passed reform that finally prevents the health insurance industry from exploiting patients.

We passed agricultural reform that will lower Americans' food costs while advancing environmental protections.

We must pass reforms that solve the financial problems of Social Security once and for all.

Many say that the failure to pass reforms is a casualty of Mexico's new democracy.

Nor has Congress passed the line-item veto or regulatory reform.