feministing.com - 16 days ago
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I'm sure you've heard by now that, last night, the House passed a health-care reform bill. I got this lovely email from Barack Obama telling me what a victory this is:
This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their health insurance reform bill. Despite ...
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thinkprogress.org —
Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed the
Affordable Health Care for America Act by a vote
of 220-215 , with one Republican — Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) — voting for the measure. Once the bill reached 216 votes, the chamber erupted ...
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House Passes Historic, Bipartisan Health Reform Legislation
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Feministing —
Alice Rossi, a noted sociologist and one of the founders of NOW, who died this week.
The House passed a health-care bill, and a major anti-choice amendment along with it.
The Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) is conducting free video and filmmaking workshops for Two Spirits, or queer Native Americans.
Nick Kristof on bisphenol A, the synthetic estrogen that's been linked to breast cancer and all sorts of other health problems.
What if we did as much to prevent rape as we do to ...
Watch the Conferees
Matthew Yglesias —
... Ann Friedman offers some suggested actions for people infuriated by the Stupak Amendment. But she leaves off what I think is the most objectively important consideration, which is to bring pressure to bear on both the composition of the inevitable conference committee and also the shape of its deliberations. If a bill emerges from conference all Stupak’d up, then it’s going to go like it did last night where a group of legislators who overwhelmingly oppose the Stupak language vote yes on a bill that includes it. If a Stupak-free bill emerges, then I think ...
Some good news from the health care bill
Feministing —
Now that I've gotten that Stupak amendment rant out of my system, let's look at some of the positive things included in the House health reform bill. The bill:
Expands Medicaid "to reach a wider range of poor households up to 150% of the federal poverty level. 36M additional Americans will now be eligible for Medicaid."
Bars discrimination in health care on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.
Acknowledges LGBTQ Americans are a population likely to "experience ...
The Abortion Amendment: Could Obama Have Done More?
The New Republic blogs —
At the American Prospect and Feministing , Ann Friedman reminds us that the significance of the Stupak amendment goes way beyond the funding of abortion services for people who happen to buy coverage through the new insurance exchanges: On some level, I don't care about the nitty-gritty details of this amendment. This isn't just about how the money is allocated or what workarounds exist. This has me so incredibly infuriated because it further segregates abortion as something different , off the menu of regular health care. It is a huge backward step in the ...
"First They Came"
Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com —
... The fact is that from Day Fucking One, President Obama hawked the line that "nothing in the health care bill will change the coverage you already have." Millions of women have just been lied to. So yes, once again, congratulations to the Democratic Party for proving itself to be the inclusive party of minorities and women, because we always need a few of them on hand to throw under a bus. ...
Senator Claire McCaskill changes position on Stupak after pressure
Feministing —
... What's sad is that her new position is still not what many of us want--which is true access to all reproductive health services, regardless of income, ability to pay or health care plan.
But nice work to all those who put pressure on Senator McCaskill and her support of what is a truly terrible piece of legislation.
Want to stand with the pro-choice congresswomen opposing inclusion of Stupak in health care reform? Sign your name here.
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Whose health care victory?
Rep. Wasserman Schultz: Confident Stupak will not be in the ...
The RNC insurance plan covers abortion for their employees
Feministing —
... , for a committee whose platform that says abortion is "a fundamental assault on innocent human life," and its members just voted for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment (along with enough anti-choice and cowardly Dems) in the recently Senate passed health care bill, this is pretty incredible to hear. ...
From Hyde to Stupak, over 30 years of limiting access to abortion
Feministing —
... The Stupak Amendment would limit access for even more women, since it would be practically impossible for private insurance companies that participate in the new system to cover abortion. ...
National Day of Action Against Stupak-Pitt Amendment
Feministing —
... will be a National Day of Action on December 2nd in D.C., along with a November 21st Rally in PA, November 23rd in DC and December 4th through NOW-NY to stand up against the Stupak-Pitt Amendment.
Leave any actions near you in comments.
Related:
Study: Stupak will end abortion coverage "for all women"
From Hyde to Stupak, over 30 years of limiting access to abortion
Beyond Stupak: The next phase of the abortion debate
Whose health care victory? ...
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BREAKING: House Passes Health Reform
tnr.com 17 days ago — At 11:14 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America" Act.
Cheers erupted when the tally reached 218 votes, enough to pass the bill.
The final count was 220 for, 215 against, with one Republican (Joseph Cao of Louisiana) ...
Health Care Plan Passes House 220 to 215
guerillawomentn.blogspot.com 16 days ago — The health care reform bill passed and it's a bipartisan bill - one (1) Republican came aboard. Thank Gawd the Dems made all those compromises. R epublican Representative Anh Cao of Louisiana voted for the bill. Thirty-nine Blue Dog Democrats voted against the bill. Politics News ...
Primary them
the-reaction.blogspot.com 16 days ago — By Creature Sixty-four Democrats voted in favor of the vile, anti-choice Stupak amendment . Of those sixty-four, I especially loath the twenty-six who voted against the health-care reform bill overall. If these twenty-six Dems had no intention of ...
House Democrats Voting No
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 16 days ago — An interesting table from The New York Times profiles the House Democrats who voted “no” on health reform last night. Mostly it’s people from districts that went for John McCain, oftentimes heavily so. There’s also Artur Davis ...
Who Voted Against Health Care Reform-- And Why?
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com 16 days ago — 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 ...
Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?
huffingtonpost.com 15 days ago — Well, the House health reform bill -- known to Republicans as the Government Takeover -- finally passed after one of Congress's longer, less enlightening debates. Two stalwarts of the single-payer movement split their votes; John Conyers voted for it; ...
Shocking News on Health Care: People May Get What They Voted For
politicsdaily.com 15 days ago — I don't know what or who people thought they were voting for a year ago, but no one can claim there wasn't truth-in-advertising. Granted, most normal folk probably didn't go online in spring 2007 to read candidate Barack Obama's 15-page health reform ...
Support Vulnerable Democrats Who Voted For Health Care Reform —
MyDD
I wrote last night about the 24 House Democrats who not only voted against health care reform but had previously voted against cap-and-trade, as well. Today, Domenico Montanaro at First Read made a great point about such observations: For all the talk about vulnerable Democrats who voted ...
Counting the votes for health-care reform —
Ezra Klein
In case you missed it, the big news this weekend was that the House passed health-care reform. But the mild surprise was that it barely passed health-care reform. In the final tally, 220 congresspeople voted for the bill -- two more than needed to achieve passage. But two votes is not a ...
One cheer for Joseph Cao —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings Only one Republican voted for the health-care reform bill that passed 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 ...
House Passes Health Care Reform – Looking Back —
Firedoglake
Strange Rubble by Joseph Hatfield via flickr
I had to check out before the final vote, but last night at 11pm ET, the House of Representatives, for the first time ever, passed health care reform by the skin of their teeth, by the narrow score of 220-215. 39 Democrats voted against, 1 ...
Victory Puts Health Reform One Step Closer —
Comments from Left Field
In immortal words of President Obama (as contained in the fund raising email that hit my inbox a scant 1 hour and 24 minutes after the event),
“This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over ...
Health care: How Virginia members voted —
Virginia Politics Blog
Virginia's congressional delegation voted 4 to 7 Saturday night in favor of passage of the landmark health-care reform bill. Two Democrats, Rick Boucher and Glenn Nye, broke with their party and voted no. "Passage of the House bill is but a first step in a long legislative process to final ...
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 ...
Health care: How Maryland members voted —
Maryland Politics
Maryland's congressional delegation voted 6 to 2 Saturday night in favor of passage of the landmark health-care reform bill, with only first-term Democrat Frank Kratovil breaking with his party and voting no. In a statement, Kratovil called the bill too expensive and said: "I was not able to ...
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 ...
Kratovil Votes No on Health Care Reform —
Maryland Politics Watch
The headline says it all. He was one of the 39 Democrats to bolt. See how every rep voted in the NY Times . Interestingly, this was after he voted against the successful anti-choice/pro-life amendment to bill. My guess is that Speaker Pelosi had more votes in reserve but that Democrats who felt ...
House Passes Health Care Reform —
Booman Tribune
Some people wonder why I am not a fan of Dennis Kucinich and don't take comfort when I look along the trench and find him fighting by my side or, especially, carrying my banner. Well, he voted against health care reform tonight. He can provide any reasons he wants, but I'd note that the only ...
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 ...
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