President Barack Obama plans today to give Democratic lawmakers a road map for passing health-care legislation in an effort to end a stalemate in Congress over his proposal to remake the U.S. medical system, Bloomberg reported.

Obama will urge Congress to move swiftly to pass the legislation in remarks this afternoon at the White House, saying his proposal includes ideas from both parties, said a White House official, who asked not to be identified.

To pass the legislation, congressional Democrats are considering a parliamentary maneuver called reconciliation; Democrats lost the 60th vote they needed in the Senate to overcome unanimous Republican objections.

Reconciliation requires a simple majority vote, and Democrats control 59 of the 100 Senate seats. The No. 2 Senate Democrat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, said last week that the goal is to finish work on health care before Congress leaves for an Easter holiday recess on March 26.

Reconciliation, however, is intended only for budget-related items, and the Senate parliamentarian can rule provisions out of order. House Democrats also may not go for it.

“That’s really a pretty long-odds bet in many areas,” New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, the ranking Republican on the Budget Committee, told reporters yesterday. “Reconciliation is not an easy process.”

The president yesterday reached out to Republicans, saying he’s willing to explore ways to curb medical malpractice lawsuits and step up efforts to uncover fraud in the Medicare program, among other suggestions. Republicans called on the president to shelve the bill and start over.

“The issues have been joined, we know where areas of commonality are, we know where the differences are,” David Axelrod, Obama’s senior adviser, said in an interview. “He will draw them out and talk about where that should lead us.”