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,...
Double Counting The Dogs by digby This is and update on the backroom abortion fight in the house. The Washington Post writes today: The outcome of those talks could be crucial in deciding the fate of the health-care bill. Democrats need the vast majority of their caucus to back the bill, since nearly all congressional Republicans have said they will oppose the legislation. "I will continue whipping...
Rep Carter and Congressional Republicans are calling for a rally on Thursday at the U.S. Capitol (WASHINGTON, DC) – House Republican Conference Secretary John R. Carter (TX31) today called for the millions of Americans who participated in the “9-12” (September 12) march on Washington and congressional offices to turn out again this Thursday to help save the American healthcare system...
The House Democratic leadership is meeting this morning to determine what version of the public option goes into the House bill--negotiated rates or the stronger Medicare Plus 5 formula. The most recent reports are that they are only 12-15 votes away from the strongest version of the bill, the Medicare Plus 5 version that ties public option rates to Medicare reimbursement rates. Having the strongest...
Tomorrow at 2:00 , [update: the meetings in leadership and the caucus will be in the morning. Please call tonight and early tomorrow] the House Democratic Caucus will meet and determine what version of the public option goes into the House bill. Pelosi announced earlier today that there's probably the 218 for a good public option, but report are that they are only 12-15 votes away from the strongest...
Voters statewide will consider a constitutional amendment Nov. 3 that gives Texas the option of partnering with the federal government to build veterans hospitals, a measure designed to bring a hospital here. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, again filed legislation in Washington this year to authorize the VA to construct a facility and submit reports to Congress outlining its costs...
Good. Push a public option. You know that is the only way to get the job done. U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, both said Obama laid the groundwork for decisive health-care reform. U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, was not available Wednesday night. Silvestre Reyes is ready, too. A CNN poll of those that watched the address found a 14 percent increase in...
Ramon Garcia, a former Hidalgo County Judge, hosted a fundraiser Wedneday to launch his campaign to reclaim his old seat. In 2006, Garcia lost a very close election to current incumbent J.D. Salinas. However, although Salinas insists he is running for reelection, we may not ultimately see a rematch of the 2006 Democratic primary. That is because both Congressmen Solomon Ortiz and Henry Cuellar have...
Patriots held another successful rally Saturday outside Dem Rep Solomon Ortiz's office in Corpus Christi, TX. Lacking the spine to face his fed-up constituents, the congresscritter refuses to hold a town hall, thus the chant of "Where's Ortiz?": Wannabe Anglican...
H/T FR , Rep Ortiz (TX-27) won't do a real Townhall, so his opponent is doing it for him(!): My congressman won't hold a real townhall meeting. He just wants to have a "telephone townhall" instead. Republicans and the local tea party group orgnanized a protest against Ortiz outside Solomon Ortiz' local office at 12:00 pm today. The Democrats tried to organize a counter protest by advertizing...
U.S. Reps. Solomon Ortiz, Rubén Hinojosa and Henry Cuellar had earlier decidednot to hold town hall meetings in their districts during the August recess. This means that groups in the border area stretching from Laredo to Brownsville didn’t get a chance to discuss their concerns with their congressmen. According to some reports, one reason for the [...]
Anthony Weiner says ~100 Democrats will not vote for a health care bill that does not include a public option. We may never have another chance in our lifetime to bring the American health care system up to par with other industrialized nations. Who will stand tall for the American public? Can we count on the Texas Congressional delegation? Henry CuellarLloyd DoggettChet Edwards Charlie Gonzalez...
(L-R) U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, Chris Dickson, Dr. Tom Ringenberg, U.S. Congressman Mike Pence "RENEWING THE AMERICAN DREAM" PENCE AMENDMENT VOTE THIS MORNING - CALL NOW!! Washington, DC (24 July 2009) – We only have a few hours left to strip Planned Parenthood of their Title X cash cow! The Pence Amendment to defund Planned Parenthood of millions of our tax dollars is set for a vote THIS...
One of the great things about a Democratic-majority House is that genuine liberal legislation gets out of committee onto the floor for a full vote. Because the Blue Dogs haven't gone away, it's up to us to press our reps to support bills that are finally seeing the light of day. Hilzoy explains. A few days ago, Barney Frank introduced HR 2981, a new version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act,...
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