Woohoo the Affordable Health Care for America Act passed - 220 - 215! Booyah!! And it passed with bi-partisan support (thank you Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana). The Dems win...The Dems win...
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Congressmen: John Lewis, Hank Johnson, David Scott, and Sanford Bishop (Sanford, I'm still mad at you though) for your leadership, smarts, and the ability to put the millions of Georgians who need healthcare at the forefront. Your vote shows that you believe that every Georgian deserve affordable healthcare because you all know that a healthier community makes for a healthier workforce.
Again Thank You for standing up for all Georgians regardless of party preference.
Also big thanks goes to all the groups and volunteers who worked so hard, day and night, holding rallies, making phone calls, writing emails, writing letters to the editors, and doing what you do to move democracy forward. Great work. Now let's work the Senate.
Well of course Georgia's resident congressional democratic idiots, John Barrow and Jim Marshall, voted "NO" for the Health Care Act. Puh-leaze with the "they are in vulnerable districts" - I wonder how vulnerable they will be without Democratic money or grassroots support. If Labor supports them in the 2010 elections then Labor deserves the continued poor votes from Barrow and Marshall. I better not receive any emails from the DNC or the DCCC asking for money for these yahoos - enough is enough! You can not keep voting against Democratic interests but continue to seek Democratic money and support. Georgia Democrats it is time to say "NO" to Barrow and Marshall. They do not represent us.
Here is a list of the 39 Democratic yahoos who also voted "NO" for Affordable Health Care.
- Adler, John H. , 3rd NJ
- Altmire, Jason , 4th PA
- Baird, Brian , 3rd WA
- Barrow, John , 12th GA
- Boccieri, John A. , 16th OH
- Boren, Dan , 2nd OK
- Boucher, Rick , 9th VA
- Boyd, Allen , 2nd FL
- Bright, Bobby , 2nd AL
- Chandler, Ben , 6th KY
- Childers, Travis W. , 1st MS
- Davis, Artur , 7th AL
- Davis, Lincoln , 4th TN
- Edwards, Chet , 17th TX
- Gordon, Bart , 6th TN
- Griffith, Parker , 5th AL
- Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie , At Large SD
- Holden, Tim , 17th PA
- Kissell, Larry , 8th NC
- Kosmas, Suzanne M. , 24th FL
- Kratovil, Frank Jr., 1st MD
- Kucinich, Dennis J. , 10th OH
- Markey, Betsy , 4th CO
- Marshall, Jim , 8th GA
- Massa, Eric J. J. , 29th NY
- Matheson, Jim , 2nd UT
- McIntyre, Mike , 7th NC
- McMahon, Michael E. , 13th NY
- Melancon, Charlie , 3rd LA
- Minnick, Walt , 1st ID
- Murphy, Scott , 20th NY
- Nye, Glenn C. , 2nd VA
- Peterson, Collin C. , 7th MN
- Ross, Mike , 4th AR
- Shuler, Heath , 11th NC
- Skelton, Ike , 4th MO
- Tanner, John S. , 8th TN
- Taylor, Gene , 4th MS
- Teague, Harry , 2nd NM
16 Responses to “Health Care, Health Care, Hell to the Yes!”
Thanks Again Bernita, A true historic achievement in our time. Brought to you by many brave Dems. But just once I it would be nice to be able to live someplace else other than the 'bleeding edge' of idiocy. It's a peculiar dream, I know... JMP
Kucinich voted No? What's that about?
Kucinich was swoll that Pelosi stripped his Single Payer language from the bill. Apparently she did it at the last minute.
I think that Eric Massa also voted against this bill because it didn't have the more progressive single payer language.
Bernita, Thanks for the update on Kucinich. I spent half an hour scratching my head on that one.
Marshall might be able to use the Republican lean of his district as an excuse, but Obama won Barrow's district, and by as much as he won Bishop's; he really is chickenshit. He had a primary opponent last year, and he clearly needs another this year.
My bet is that this is also going to be the majority of seats we could/will lose in the mid-terms. Voters can smell weakness like bees can smell fear. Anyone remember 2004 in GA?
This wasn't any show. This really was a nail biter here in DC.
Kucinich had good reason to vote against, the leadership played it pretty dirty with him. Massa also had some pretty valid concerns. I imagine they both held the line on principle, voting against after leadership secured 218 on the whip count. Both are very good men who imagine a much better bill than what we received here.
Barrow and Marshall should've been gone a long time ago. I've railed against them for a long time, and a lot of Georgians simply don't want to put up a fight to put any real pressure on them. It's really sad, because they are an embarrassment and can be real impediments to progress with close votes like this. Get your act together, Georgia, you're becoming very troublesome in the eyes of the capitol.
Yeah, yeah Z. We'll 'get our act together' when either Nancy or Harry grows a pair. Probably not sooner. Georgia's Always been 'troublesome'. Learn some history here. JMP
Barrow and Marshall are nancy's fault? How is that?
"Georgia Democrats it is time to say "NO" to Barrow and Marshall. They do not represent us."
Well good thing the people of their congressional districts don't send them to DC to represent Georgia Democrats. In other words, they are doing their jobs.
"Well good thing the people of their congressional districts don't send them to DC to represent Georgia Democrats. In other words, they are doing their jobs."
So in your opinion elected officials do not vote against the wishes of their constituents? I really, really doubt that when one of those two gave Obama the white house on double digits with the promises -- in a campaign commercial, no less -- that he'd support Obama's health care efforts, that they opposed the bill.
"So in your opinion elected officials do not vote against the wishes of their constituents?"
No of course they will. You can't take a stand on something and not be against someone. As to whether or not their districts are in favor of this healthcare bill, I have no idea. But that isn't my point with my comment above. It is that they don't represent Georgia Democrats.
I have no idea what you are saying in your second sentence.
I don't think they represent Georgia self-declared Democrats or their constiuents. They represent their own egos.
Maybe. But I know I personally don't support this abortion of a healthcare "fix". YMMV.
Might be closer to you than you think there.