President Barack Obama may delay his year-end Hawaiian vacation to remain in Washington as a bill to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system makes its way through the U.S. Senate, the White House said on Tuesday.

 Sorry Kiddo, no vacation until I destroy the healthcare system

"They are going to make a decision later this evening about when the president will leave," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at a press briefing.

Obama had been expected to leave for Hawaii, the state where he grew up, on Wednesday.

Obama’s fellow Democrats in the Senate cleared the second of three 60-vote hurdles early on Tuesday to move the landmark legislation — Obama’s top domestic policy priority — one step closer to passage by Christmas.

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