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rollcall.com - 13 days ago

Cao May Be Sole GOP Vote In Favor of Health Bill

— rollcall.com — At least one Republican may vote for the Democratic health care bill, several House sources confirmed on Saturday night. (more) Cao May Be Sole GOP Vote In Favor of Health Bill

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11 days ago

Right-Wing Unleashes Racism on Rep Cao

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Representative Joseph Cao is a freshman Republican who won 49.6 percent of the vote against a corrupt incumbent in a district that’s 64% black and has a median income of $25,000. I think it should come as no surprise that someone in that ... (more) Right-Wing Unleashes Racism on Rep Cao

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michellemalkin.com - 13 days ago

Health care takeover roll call vote — and what GOP Rep. Joseph Cao got from Obama

— michellemalkin.com — The final roll call vote on passage of the House Dems’ government health care takeover bill is here . [...] Read the rest » (more) Health care takeover roll call vote — and what GOP Rep. ...

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Vodkapundit:  Bought Off So Cheaply

The Reaction:  One cheer for Joseph Cao

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Michael J.W. Stickings: One Cheer for Joseph Cao

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Think Progress:  The Future Is Chaos: GOP Threatens Retribution Against Cao For Health Care Vote

The Sundries Shack:  Landrieu Lays Down

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@chooslyanne http://bit.ly/1ubZkn 10 days ago

RT @cbn2: Alaska's lone Representative Young (R) defends Cao's vote for #HCR: "He did the right thing." http://bit.ly/1ubZkn 11 days ago

@palintwibe whatever,listen Cao has been a disgrace for a while,he also voted for fraud stimulus http://bit.ly/1gyLWf He's a RHINO waste 12 days ago

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Bought Off So Cheaply
Vodkapundit — A profile in courage: Once the tally board lit up 218-213, however, Cao was free to put his congressional voting card in electronic key slot and cast an “aye” vote for the bill his party has dubbed “Pelosi’s healthcare bill.” [snip] As soon as the House started the final vote for the day, Cao voted and dashed out the side of the chamber, plugging his ears in jest when reporters approached to find out what happened. According to a written statement released later that night, Cao explained that Obama had promised to help out the ...

One cheer for Joseph Cao
The Reaction — ... Second, Cao voted for it -- on top of the Stupak Amendment -- because President Obama basically bought him off. Here's how Cao himself put it: ...

Michael J.W. Stickings: One Cheer for Joseph Cao
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... the House last night: Joseph Cao. So why not three cheers? First, Cao only voted for it because it included the vile, anti-choice Stupak Amendment that had been passed by an alliance of anti-choice Republicans and Democrats (Stupak being a Democrat), and that was the way to buy off some of those Democrats reluctant to vote for the bill as it was. If the Stupak Amendment hadn't been included, he apparently would have voted no. Second, Cao voted for it -- on top of the Stupak Amendment -- because President Obama basically bought him ...

The Future Is Chaos: GOP Threatens Retribution Against Cao For Health Care Vote
Think Progress — ... . Rep. Don Young (R-AK) — who has defended Cao’s vote — had to stand beside him during Saturday’s roll call, “fending off his GOP colleagues who might have twisted Cao’s arms.” Last week, RNC Chairman Michael Steele made clear that ...

Landrieu Lays Down
The Sundries Shack — ... . I expect that quite a few Democratic Senators are going to go the Anh “Joseph” Cao route and start revealing how much it’ll take to buy them off. A couple Republicans may well prostitute themselves out for the Reidgeld, too, though Mitch McConnell seems, for now, to have put the fear of 2010 in them. We’ll see. Tags: ...