Artur Davis

AL Gov: Rep. Artur Davis Attacked for Health Care Vote by Primary Opponent

Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) represented the most Democratic-leaning district of any member of Congress who voted against health care reform, or the Stupak amendment. He’s running for Governor of Alabama, and since that announcement, Davis has trended sharply to the right to please the full Alabama electorate rather than solely his district. His [...]

• Alabama governor's race splits on health care - Seattle Times

Blogger Francis Holland reads the mind of Rep. Artur Davis (AL-D), the only CBC member to vote against the House's health insurance reform bill

Afro-Netizen™ (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Francis Holland: The text in red above is NOT a quote but this is what I think Rep. Davis would tell us, if he could speak honestly on the subject. I hate to drop a dime on Representative Artur Davis of Alabama's 7th Congressional District, which is 61.7% African American, but he voted against President Obama's national health care plan even though Black infant mortality is over 17% in the American...

Congressman Artur Davis – the ONLY member of the CBC to vote AGAINST healthcare reform

Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday

the ONLY one. Alabama District 7 is 61.7% African-American. 72.2% live in urban areas (primarily Birmingham, Bessemer, Tuscaloosa, Selma and Demopolis). The district’s median per capita income was $26,672. NO group is disproportionately uninsured than Black folks, and he voted AGAINST healthcare reform. Uh huh. No group is at the BOTTOM of nearly all healthcare [...]

Anti-Gay Artur Davis was the Only Black Vote Against Health Care

Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | yesterday

In April, the predictably anti-gay Artur Davis—the black conservative Democrat from Birmingham, Alabama who boasts an abysmal 45 percent Human Rights Campaign score—was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes...

Alabama governor's race splits on health care

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Health care legislation in Washington has split the Democratic candidates for governor in Alabama, with Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks accusing U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of betraying his constituents by voting against the bill.

News: Moderate Democrats & Health Care Reform

Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Alabama Governor Candidates Davis, Sparks Trade Claims Of Politics On Health Care Bill The weekend vote in Congress on health care legislation spilled over into Alabama's race for governor on Monday as two Democratic candidates accused each other of disingenuous political gamesmanship . U.S. Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala., pictured left) voted against the U.S. House bill, drawing criticism from Agriculture...

Alabama governor candidates Davis, Sparks trade claims of politics on health care bill

Sweet Home Potomac - al.com (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Alabama governor candidates Artur Davis and Ron Sparks have a spat with accusations of political gamesmanship.

News: Centrists In The Congressional Black Caucus

Booker Rising (Free subscription) | yesterday

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 probably know, Rep. Davis (D-Ala.) is looking ahead to his statewide race for governor next year. He seeks...

What Bright and Griffith Could Have Done Differently…

The World Around You (Free subscription) | yesterday

I spent the better part of this past weekend defending Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, Rep. Bobby Bright and Rep. Parker Griffith to progressives around the country. Why? Because they were amongst the 39 Democrats who voted against HR 3962 on Saturday night, and many progressives view that as unforgiveable offense. Here is the reality, when advocates for [...] Related posts: Bright and Griffith Break...

Sparks Says ‘Yes’ to Health Care, Davis Votes ‘No’

The Locust Fork Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

by Glynn Wilson Agricultural Commissioner Ron Sparks, the Fort Payne Democrat who is running for governor of Alabama against Birmingham Congressman Artur Davis, came out swinging on Monday two days after Davis voted against President Barack Obama’s national public health care plan in the U.S. House. “It has been said that evil flourishes when good men fail [...]

Machismo at Work : Members of the CHC who voted for the Stupak Amendment and against women's rights

culturekitchen (Free subscription) | yesterday

As we noted before, 64 Democrats voted against women's right to health insurance funded abortion procedures . Many of these Democrats have claimed the ultimate fallacy: That proponents of forced pregnancy shouldn't "pay with their tax money" for abortions because it infringes on their civil liberties. As if anti-war activists and pacifists could claim the same when it comes to funding the...

Alabama’s House Delegation and the Health Care Vote

PoliBlog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

The NYT has an interesting table detailing the Democrats who voted against the House health care bill. From it we find that the the three Democrats from Alabama voted against the bill: Bobby Bright, AL02 Parker Griffith, AL05 Artur Davis, AL07 None of this is particularly surprising. Bright, in particular, comes from a highly competitive district that prior to [...]

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The Mahablog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill House Democrats Who Voted for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment House Democrats Who Voted Yes on Stupak-Pitts and No on the Final Bill (the Worst of the Worst): Jason Altmire (Pa. 4) John Barrow (Ga. 12) John Boccieri (Ohio 16) Dan Boren (Okla. 2) Bobby Bright (Ala. 2) Ben Chandler (Ky. 6) Travis Childers (Miss. 1) Artur Davis [...]

A Stupak amendment of our own

Open Left (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Last night, 23 Democrats voted against providing 36 million Americans with health insurance while reducing the deficit, but in favor of the Stupak amendment to restrict reproductive rights for low-income women. Those 23 Democrats are : Jason Altmire (PA-4); Bobby Bright (AL-2); John Barrow (GA-12); John Boccieri (OH-16); Dan Boren (OK-2); Ben Chandler (KY-6); Travis Childers (MS-1); Artur Davis (AL-7);...

• House Passes Democratic Health Care Bill 220 to 215 - Michael Goldfarb - The Blog
• The 39 Democrats Who Voted "No" - Amspecblog
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The Sunday Shows, Health Care And Afghanistan

Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

First, some bonuses: = the 39 Democrats who voted against the House bill -- John Adler (NJ) Jason Altmire (PA) Brian Baird (WA) John Barrow (GA) John Boccieri (OH) Dan Boren (OK) Rick Boucher (TX) Allen Boyd (FL) Bobby Bright (AL) Ben Chandler (KY) Travis Childers, Artur Davis (AL)**, Lincoln Davis (TN) Chet Edwards (TX) Bart Gordon (TN) Parker Griffith (AL), Herseth Sandlin (SD) Tim Holden (PA) Larry...