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Push Schrader off the fence: the trifecta
Update: 9:30AM: The voicemail at Schrader's DC office is full, and as it's Saturday they're not picking up the phones. You can send him an email here. As we hit the home stretch on health care reform, the House is scheduled to vote later today on legislation which includes the public ...
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Politically speaking, Schrader health vote makes sense
Jeff Mapes on Politics — ... he was sticking with his Democratic leadership and then cast his vote for the package, which passed by a scant five votes, 220-215. His vote satisfied Democratic activists who have been peppering his office with calls and e-mails urging Schrader to support the legislation. It also unleashed a predictable torrent of criticism from the GOP. The Republican National Committee put out a press release claiming that Schrader had stayed uncommitted on the bill until nearly the end because he "was so afraid of admitting to Oregonians that he had caved to [House Speaker] Nancy ...

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