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Who Voted Against Health Care Reform-- And Why?
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com - 21 days ago
Who Voted Against Health Care Reform-- And Why?
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Bipartisanship: anti-health care clowns in Georgia & Wisconsin I lived-tweeted last night's historic session of the House of Representatives as it voted to pass the health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed ...
Paul Ryan: "What side of history do you want to be on?" (video)
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Paul Ryan: "What side of history do you want to be on?" (video)
— youtube.com — Wisconsin's First District Congressman Paul Ryan on the House floor debate on H.R. 3962http://www.house.gov/ryan/healthcarehttp://www.facebook.com/reppaulrya...... (more) Paul Ryan: "What side of history do you want to be ...

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politico.com - 17 days ago
The (near) impossible math for Hoffman
— politico.com — The Watertown Daily Times has the most up-to-date numbers from last week's New York 23 special election,... which shows that Hoffman faces near-impossible odds of overcoming a 3,176-vote deficit. About 10,200 absentee and military ballots were sent ... (more) The (near) impossible math for Hoffman

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washingtonindependent.com - 17 days ago
NY-23: Hoffman Campaign Looks at Overturning the Election « The Washington Independent
— washingtonindependent.com — On election night, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman conceded defeat to Democratic candidate Bill Owens after dramatically... under-performing in key counties and deciding that he couldn’t overcome the gap. Today, the campaign is “looking very ... (more) NY-23: Hoffman Campaign Looks at Overturning the ...

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The House Health Care Vote
QandO — ... about it.  Democrats managed a close “victory” (I don’t consider it a victory for the American people at all, thus the scare quotes) which included one misguided Republican (what a surprise). Before I talk about it further, there’s an “Irony Alert” in full swing for the irony-impaired leftists who took great joy in touting NY-23 as a Republican civil-war and party purge. They’re are now doing the same sort of thing concerning the 39 Democrats who voted “no” on Pelosi’s ...

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Rep. Jim Cooper: House health-care bill was 'one of the best votes I ever cast'
voices.washingtonpost.com 20 days ago — Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) knows as much about health-care policy as anyone in Congress. He teaches the subject back home in Tennessee, promoted his own plan (to the anger of many Democrats) in 1994, and has been both a vocal advocate and critic of ...
Jim Cooper On House Health Care Bill: 'One Of The Best Votes I Ever Cast' — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) knows as much about health-care policy as anyone in Congress. He teaches the subject back home in Tennessee, promoted his own plan (to the anger of many Democrats) in 1994, and has been both a vocal advocate and critic of this year's reform fight. On Saturday, he voted ...
News: Centrists In The Congressional Black Caucus — Booker Rising
Rep. Artur Davis Votes Against Health Care Bill On Saturday night, and the moderate Democrat was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so . He was one of 39 Democrats who voted "no" in the 220-215 vote to pass government-run health care reform. As Booker Rising readers ...
The 8 Dems Who Voted Against Stimulus, Cap-N-Trade And Health Care — The Atlantic Politics Channel
Call them the HVT-8.  Eight Democratic members of Congress have voted against the economic stimulus package, the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill and the Democratic health care reform legislation.  They're the low-hanging fruit - or highest value targets - for the National Republican ...
Government-Run Health Care Reform: Bookerista Views — Booker Rising
The U.S. House of Representatives last night narrowly passed the health care bill by a vote of 220-215. It's unclear when the U.S. Senate will vote on a health care bill . If the Senate passes its bill, the House and Senate bills would have to be reconciled into one document and voted on again ...
Don Young Intimidates Lone Republican Supporter of Health Care Reform. — The Mudflats
Well, there was plenty of drama last night on the floor of the House, where congress voted at minutes before midnight for a comprehensive health care reform bill. It is not perfect, but it is a starting point from which we can continue the march toward universal, comprehensive health care for ...
Single-Payer Advocate Dennis Kucunich Votes No On H.R. 3962. — JackRabbit Café
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich voted against H.R. 3962. He explains why: “We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. We ...
The 39 “Democrats” Who Voted Against America — Oliver Willis
These are the 39 “Democratic” members of congress who voted against health care reform. Unlike many bills in the House – even bills about war – this was a non-negotiable one. Not a single Democrat should have voted against this bill, not for it going too far to the left ...
House Passes Health Care Reform — Swampland
The House of Representatives tonight passed 220-215 sweeping $1.2 trillion health care reform legislation. The bill garnered the support of just one Republican, Joe Cao of Louisiana; 39 Democrats voted against it. The vote, which looked uncertain even going into the House Rules Committee last ...
— JackRabbit Café
One House Republican voted for the bill. One. No, Dems; a freaked-out anti-abortion demagogue such as GOP Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao isn't a hero; he's just amazingly a little less crazy than the rest of the Confederates. Or, as he will come to be known in the Beltway, a backbenching ...
How is it that the majority of Democrats that voted against #HCR voted also for the Stupak amendment? — culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
What am I missing with this political coat-hanger remedy to health care reform? Here are the Democrats who voted to eliminate all insurance coverage for abortion procedures. Here are the Democrats who voted against health care reform. The following are the names that overlap: Altmire  ...
65 Democrats threw women under the bus in the name of Health Care Reform — culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
Hot off the Congressional record , here are the names of the 65 democrats who thought it made sense to throw women under the proverbial Health Care Reform bus for the sake of getting the bill into conference. These Democrats voted for the Stupak-Pitts amendment which would : Prohibit ...
Health Insurance Reform Vote: Open Thread — Blue Virginia
Posted by The Green Miles Health insurance reform is the most important bill Congress has voted on since ... what? The Iraq War authorization? The legislation that helped President Clinton balance the budget in 1993? The Clean Air Act updates in 1990? This is vote is as close to a litmus test ...