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Breaking News; Health Care Reform Passes House

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Sat Nov 07, 2009 at 22:46:13 PM CST


We passed the health care reform bill through the house. As Steny Hoyer just said in an interview standing side by side with Nancy Pelosi and other house leaders "it was a bipartisan vote".

219 Democrats and 1 Republican joined together - just two more than the 218 needed

Not really but that's one more yes vote than we got from our Alabama Delegation which includes 3 Democrats.

Who was the Republican vote? - Ahn Joseph Cao from New Orleans who replaced "Dollar" Bill Jefferson in the House.

For the roll call vote

39 Dems who voted against

Adler(NJ), Altmire, Baird, Barrow, Boccieri, Boren, Boucher, Boyd, Bright, Chandler, Childers, Davis(AL), Davis(TN), Edwards(TX), Gordon (TN), Griffith, Herseth Sandlin, Holden, Kissell, Kosmas, Kratovil, Kucinich, Markey (CO), Marshall, Massa, Matheson, McIntyre, McMahon, Melancon, Minnick, Murphy (NY), Nye, Peterson, Ross, Shuler, Skelton, Tanner, Taylor, Teague
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Scott Murphy voted against it (4.00 / 1)
as did Artur Davis (AL-07) - one of the poorest districts in the country - he's running for Gov and obviously the reason that he could not vote for the bill

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One great step forward.. now to the Senate (4.00 / 1)
Those are the names we expected not to vote on this.. not much surprise eh?
Artur Davis - unofficial Blue Dog? (4.00 / 2)
Davis has now voted against the good of his constituents on enough important issues to qualify as an unofficial parttime Blue Dog. Or at least a Purple Puppy!
blue dogs voted for it at 53% (4.00 / 1)


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I think it's still fair to call him a moderate (4.00 / 1)
He voted for everything on this list except 14

1. Paycheck Fairness (H.R. 12)
2. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act/Pay Discrimination (H.R. 11)
3. Children's Health Insurance (H.R. 2)
4. Economic Stimulus (H.R. 1)
5. Economic Stimulus/Conference Report (H.R. 1)
6. Fiscal 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill (H.R. 1105)
7. Foreclosure Relief (H.R. 1106)
8. Davis-Bacon/Prevailing Wages on Water Projects (H.R. 1262)
9. Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 85)
10. Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 16)
11. Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights (H.R. 627)
12. School Construction (H.R. 2187)
13. FAA Reauthorization (H.R. 915)
14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions (H.R. 2454)
15. Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations (H.R. 3293)
16. Cash for Clunkers (H.R. 3435)
17. CEO Pay (H.R. 3269)

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he's had three bad votes that I can recall (4.00 / 1)
Bankruptcy, Hate Crimes and now this. I'm sure their are others that I disagree with, but for this district I'm just floored.  

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