Brian Baird

[khabor.com] US Congressman Baird explains his Mideast position on Al Jazeera TV

Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

Baird explains his Mideast position on Al Jazeera TV Saturday, November 7 | 7:00 p.m. BY KATHIE DURBIN COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER Rep. Brian Baird D-Vancouver U.S. Rep. Brian Baird appeared on the Al Jazeera television network last week to discuss his House vote in support of a United Nations report that concluded Israel violated international human rights conventions in its bombing of Palestinian Gaza...

Mr. Baird: No

HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Democratic Rep. Brian Baird (WA-03) says he’ll vote against health care reform, no word on Rep. Adam Smith (WA-09). Brad Shannon has the story, along with a statement from Dwight Pelz encouraging members of the delegation to support reform. Baird cited, among other things, wanting more information from CBO. Okay then. Let’s summarize the financial situation: [...]

The Sunday Shows, Health Care And Afghanistan

Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

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...

PelosiCare Democrats Voting Nay: Dan Boren No vote on health care HR 3962

Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Rep. Dan Boren tops the list of Democrats voting 'no' on health care HR 3962. Boren, from my home state of Oklahoma, is our only Democrat in congress. See a list Democrat congressmen voting no on HR 3962 below, along with a link to the actual bill. Dan Boren Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) said he voted against the PelosiCare because: ...it raises taxes and will lead to a single-payer health care system in the...

The House Healthcare Vote

Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

The House passed the healthcare bill late last night, 220-215. Only one Republican, Joseph Cao (LA-02), voted in favor. Here are the Dems who voted no: District Incumbent District Incumbent District Incumbent AL-02 Bobby Bright MN-07 Collin Peterson OH-16 John Boccieri AL-05 Parker Griffith MO-04 Ike Skelton OK-02 Dan Boren AL-07 Artur Davis MS-01 Travis Childers PA-04 Jason Altmire AR-04 Mike Ross...

Democrats against healthcare reform

MyDD (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

The netroots have given Larry Kissell $485,795 (via OpenLeft), over the past couple of cycles. He voted no on this healtcare reform bill. He says it was to "protect medicare" which seems like a bizzare explanation. Here's the list of those Democrats that voted against it, and they all have their excuses. Brian Baird's name jumps out. He represents a pretty liberal CD in SW Washington, mostly...

Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao Shows More Conscience Than Democrats Who Voted "No"

The Liberal Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

The Republican tally for House votes in favor of health care reform: one. That one affirmative voter is Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao (left) of Louisiana. Explaining his vote, Cao said : “I read the versions of the House bill. I listened to the countless stories of Orleans and Jefferson Parish citizens whose health care costs are exploding — if they are able to obtain health...

Who Voted for Health Care Bill - House Vote HR 3962 Roll Call

Money Making Online (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

How they voted on health care bill? American people finding who voted for The Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). There are 220 voted for Health Care Bill. Now, The bill passed the House of Representatives at 11.19 PM EST on November 7, 2009 by a vote of 220-215. The Health Care Bill passed with support of 219 Democrats and 1 Republican (Joseph Cao - LA). The most of Democratic Nay...

Naming Names: Who Defected on the Health Care Vote?

2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

First, there was Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana. A month ago, we thought he might be the most endangered member of the House. This might be a game changer for him: One unprincipled Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), now know as Joseph "Mao," voted for the bill. For all the turncoat "Democrats" who voted against: think what it means if an endangered Republican is re-elected...

A Tally on the Vote for Obama Care Last Night – The Fight Isn’t Over

The Senescent Man (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

Here is the complete tally on the final vote last night in favor of establishing socialized medicine in this country. RI’s Langevin and Kennedy, of course, both voted with the slim majority. Below are some other interesting cuts of the voting data. The first is from Red Elephant who tracked the Democrats that have the most to lose (and we hope so) for supporting Obamacare. The number next to...

Health care reform passes the U.S. House of Representatives

Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | yesterday

Earlier tonight, by a vote of 220-215 , the House passed HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the first significant health care reform in decades. Within the Washington delegation, the aye votes were Jay Inslee (WA-01), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Norm Dicks (WA-06), Jim McDermott (WA-07), and Adam Smith (WA-09). As expected, based on his statement from yesterday , Brian Baird shamefully voted...

Castillo Calls Baird On Anti-Israel Stance

Right in a Left World (Free subscription) | yesterday

In late September, the United Nations Human Rights Council, known for turning a blind eye to violations of Human Rights in third world dictatorships while pointing accusing fingers towards free Democracies in the west, issued yet another biased report accused both “Israel and the governing Palestinian group Hamas of committing war crimes during their conflict in December of 2008 through January...

UPDATED: Whip count on health bill

Right Coast (Free subscription) | yesterday

By The Hill Staff - 11/07/09 04:08 PM ET Below is a list of selected Democrats and their positions on the House healthcare reform bill based on media accounts, press releases and spokesmen for the lawmakers. UPDATED 11/7/09 4:08 p.m. YES OR LEANING YES Howard Berman (Calif.) Leonard Boswell (Iowa) G.K. Butterfield (N.C.) Steve Cohen (Tenn.) Called the measure "America's bill" Gerry Connolly...

• UPDATED: Whip count on health bill - Patriot Room

It’s do or die time on healthcare reform

HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | yesterday

It is do or die time on healthcare reform, and with Republicans promising not a single vote in favor of the Democratic plan, it is time for us here in the Pacific Northwest to let our Democratic representatives know that if they don’t support us, we won’t support them. For example, Rep. Kurt Shrader, from Oregon’s 5th Congressional District has recently made it known that he would...

The House Health Care Debate

Slog (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's happening now, and when it's finished—probably later today—it's likely that the U.S. House of Representatives will have made history, passing* a huge health insurance reform bill that includes a public option. Follow it here , here , and here . *Without the help of Washington Democrat Brian Baird . [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]