Henry Cuellar, Solomon Ortiz Sr., Ciro Rodreguez and Silvestre Reyes. In the wake of House passage of the health care bill & the Stupak Amendment, we clearly have our work cut out for us. Yet, at the same time, we have a tremendous opportunity: a very sizeable number of bad Dems have very publicly identified themselves in a way that average voters can readily grasp. Whether or not they can be defeated...
A Courtesy to our Friends at KOS DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED TO SLAP WOMEN BACK TO THE STONE AGE ( HR # Bill: H R 3962 ) KOS diarist LaFeminista reflects the animus the Soros-left have after the passsage of the Stupak Amendment which, nominally, will keep Obamacare from funding abortion. In truth, a Medicare type supplement insurance will be available. Anyway, to help them out, and make retribution easier,...
On a party line vote with one RINO in favor, the Neo-com Democrats pass PelosiCare (the House version of Obamacare). Here are the miscreants that will rob the elderly of medicare and create a death panel so they wont need medicare: From the NY Times Voted YEA Neil Abercrombie D HI-1 Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5 Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1 Michael Arcuri D NY-24 Xavier Becerra D CA-31 Howard L. Berman D CA-28...
I wrote earlier about the list of 69 Democrats who had expressed opposition to the health care bill at some point. Well, digging through the roll call vote records, I've compiled a list of people who appear to have gone back on their earlier statements. They are... Marion Berry (AR) Leonard Boswell (IA) Dennis Cardoza (CA) Chris Carney (PA) Gerry Connolly (VA) Jim Cooper (TN) Jim Costa (CA) Jerry Costello...
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...
Dan Perrin has the long list from the Chamber of Commerce below. I’ve got the short list. I hear these are the members most vulnerable to pressure against the Democrats’ health care legislation: Allen Boyd (FL) at 202-225-5235 Collin Peterson (MN) at 202-225-2165 Kathy Dahlkemper (PA) at 202-225-5406 Tim Holden (PA) at 202-225-5546 Jim Cooper (TN) at 202-225-4311 Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin...
The Hill has compiled the whip count for the Pelosi bill coming to the floor in 2 days. This is their list updated as of last night. The Hill contributors/data gatherers are: Mike Soraghan, Bob Cusack, Mary Ann Dreas, Samantha Guthrie and Dan Randlett. The Hill will be updating as new information comes in, and you can view that here . Reprinted below is their annotated list: YES OR LEANING YES Leonard...
ASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, says a provision to build more fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border was cut out of a federal spending bill. The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday the provision, which would have added 300 miles to current border fencing, is no longer part of a $42.8 billion spending bill for the [...]
If you recall, a few days ago Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the Ranking Republican on the Oversight Committee, said that he would bring to a vote a subpoena request for Countrywide documents. It's old news from months ago that the Chairman, Edolphus Towns (D-NY) has said that he would not support it even though his name has been linked to sweetheart deals. So today comes. The hearing is set. Issa...
Lawmakers Scrap Plan for 300 More Miles of Fencing on Mexican Border By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press, Saturday, October 10, 2009 BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Oct. 9 -- Members of Congress have stripped a provision requiring 300 more miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border from a Department of Homeland Security appropriation bill, saying that the money needed would be better spent on alternative...
An amendment to require a second layer of security fencing aimed at deterring pedestrian crossings along the Southwest border was dropped from a federal appropriations bill this week. Introduced by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., the amendment to the funding package for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was included in the Senate version of the legislation but was left off the version that will go...
Congress is elected represent their district and represent their ideas and beliefs in Washington. Right now, some elected members think they know what is best for the people in their district with out ever asking them. DailyKos decided it was time to ask what the people in Henry Cuellar's district actually think. The Research 2000 polls asked a few key questions about health care, Henry Cuellar, President...
Daily Kos/Research 2000 conducted a series of polls in various Blue Dog Congressional districts, one of which was Rep. Henry Cuellar’s CD28. The results are here. To the question “Do you favor or oppose creating a government-administered health insurance option that anyone can purchase to compete with private insurance plans'”, the result was 53% in [...]
Daily Kos/Research 2000 polled TX 28. Very informative I'm just posting the globals. Internals are available at Daily Kos. QUESTION: Do you favor or oppose creating a government-administered health insurance option that anyone can purchase to compete with private insurance plans? FAVOR 53 OPPOSE 40 NOT SURE 7 Also, a majority of your constituent don't approve of whatever the hell you've been doing...
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