GOP: Democrats Ignored Voter Wishes In Passing Health Bill

Brody Mullins reports from Washington on Congress Republican lawmakers on Sunday said the House’s approval of a sweeping health-care bill, passed with the support of only one Republican, showed that Democrats had misinterpreted the results of last week’s gubernatorial elections. Republicans appearing on the Sunday morning talk shows said GOP wins in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races last Tuesday showed that Americans are opposed to new government spending and programs. Tuesday’s votes were “an effort by the American people to send a message to [Democrats] that they are tired of the borrowing, the spending, the bailouts, the takeovers,” Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana said on “Fox News Sunday.” “But last night, on a narrow, partisan vote, the Democrats put their liberal, big-government agenda ahead of the American people.” Democrats said Tuesday’s gubernatorial elections were not a referendum on a health-care overhaul or other national issues. Maryland Rep. ... (link)