I spent all day at Twitter and watching CSPAN...it was quite an interesting Battle. Here are article about the whole Battle.
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(1) LA Time article about the battle and the Vote
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(2) Huffington Post has a wonderful post with lots of amazing details...
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(3) This article about RepJoseph Cao from La. is an inspiring read about a man who humbly,quietly bravely stood up to his Repugs and stood up for his Constituents....really amazing story of the LONE repug vote.
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Three cheers for Cao, perhaps he will come to the dem side now, he surely will be drummed out of the party of Lincoln
Now we need to get the Senate to go along....
a POX on stupack
But as much as I am celebrating this House of Reps win, the realist in me cringes to see what the Senate will do to this bill.
I fear it will be sliced and diced beyond recognition.
The house garnered one brave republican vote…
Rep. Joe Cao (R-Louisiana) was the only Republican who voted in favor of the bill.
He was quoted as saying:
“I have always said that I would put aside partisan wrangling to do the business of the people. My vote tonight was based on my priority of doing what is best for my constituents,” he said in a statement quickly released by his office.
But the bad news– Earlier in the evening, he also supported a controversial amendment (which also passed) from (alleged) Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak prohibiting any federal money from funding abortion.
Will the Senate muster one Republican who would essentially override turncoat Lieberman’s vote- he’s already announced he is in the kill the bill camp.
A lot more Senators have their campaign coffers overflowing with Wealthcare lobby money- so their vote has already been bought & paid for.
To be continued…..
but kudos to the lone republican in the House who had some spine to do the right thing.
sadly Fran...
I hate to say this...
but you also realize that more than 60 dems voted for the Sepsis-Stupak amen as well ?
yes...
hopefully that amen will be procedurally dissected-
as it effects ALL women- low income, newly insured, cobra and other insured women-and women's healthcare...so time will tell.,..
Cao did vote for HIS constituents...and that was an act of courage...I am not shocked that he voted for the amend he is catholic...and every other catholic in the building voted for it- it was even crafted that way on purpose late Friday nite...
enigma: Did Pelosi vote for the amendment? She's a Catholic.
general comment: Now that this passed, liberals and progressives will have to fight for years to fix everything that is wrong with it.
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