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A Good Reason to Travel
Maria Shipley —
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I did not fully understand the dread term “terminal illness” until I saw Heathrow for myself. - Dennis Potter - 1978 Potter on Potter (Directors on Directors)1 hour ago -
House Health Bill Passes
Hip Hop Honey Online Magazine —
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Does the bill have all that the citizens of America deserve, and need? The House health care bill passed 220-215 in a late-night vote yesterday. Remember that Democrats won two special elections on Election Day on Tuesday. And this bill passed by two votes. Coincidence? It was about a 13-hour day in the House, but ...3 hours ago -
Why I Voted NO
Chrisy58's Weblog —
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Published on Sunday, November 8, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Why I Voted NO by Dennis Kucinich We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. We cannot fault the insurance ...5 hours ago -
Kucinich’s Brave Health Vote Vs. Obama’s Failed Promise
Chrisy58's Weblog —
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Published on Sunday, November 8, 2009 by the Huffington Post Kucinich’s Brave Health Vote Vs. Obama’s Failed Promise by Lee Stranahan There were plenty of cowardly votes in the House last night but there was only one truly brave one. The unsung hero of the night was Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich. ...5 hours ago -
Why I Voted No
Willamette Reds —
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From CommonDreams.org, by that dogmatic ultra-leftist Dennis Kucinich, who is clearly out of touch with the democratic peoples movement led by President Obama: We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which ...6 hours ago -
Healthcare Apartheid
Richmond Greens —
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From Norman Soloman’s piece : But the House Democratic leadership has not been content to serve up a grimly pathetic “healthcare reform” bill. Speaker Pelosi has used her political leverage to quash Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s amendment — approved months ago by the Education and Labor Committee — ...6 hours ago -
Health Vote Update: Cao & Hill Favor Constituents Over Health Lobby
CafeSentido.com —
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Last night, every Republican but one voted against the House of Representatives’ monumental healthcare reform package. Anh Joseph Cao has said he came to understand the need to vote to pass the sweeping healthcare reform program, after listening to the concerns of constituents desperate to find a way to secure ...6 hours ago -
Why Kucinich voted against the bill
Hanlon's Razor —
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Around here at the Razor, Dennis Kucinich is something of an icon. In terms of Democratic Congressmen, he’s one of the few reliably progressive voices, and always a man to stand up for principle over party and in the face of severe backlash. His NO vote on HR 3962 is a case in point, causing somewhat of a backlash. ...6 hours ago -
House Passes Health Care Reform
The Catherine Austin Fitts Blog —
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By Jason LeopoldRep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who was the sponsor of an amendment that would have allowed individual states to create a single-payer system—essentially a Medicare-for-all bill—voted against the legislation. Kucinich’s amendment was stripped from the House bill at the request of the Obama ...6 hours ago -
Counting the Votes, waiting a year to see conventional wisdom play out.
Skull / Bones —
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Let us now take a note of this list of Congress critters — Democrats who voted against the House Health Care Bill — and come back in a year to see how much this staved off re-election disaster. The other thing I’d need to know is the list of Congress critters classified as “Blue Dogs” not on this list — ...6 hours ago -
PelosiCare Democrats Voting Nay: Dan Boren No vote on health care HR 3962
Maggie's Notebook —
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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 ...6 hours ago -
Democrats Give Up on Single-Payer Universal Health Insurance
Queer Notes —
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The few remaining Democrats who were pushing for at least a vote on "single-payer" (Medicare for All) universal health insurance have given up and called off votes on their amendments: Rep. Weiner Gives Up Single-Payer Amendment to Back House Party Leaders Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers: Time is Not Right for ...6 hours ago -
Nancy Pelosi: Worlds worst haggler
CANNONFIRE —
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This is mind-boggling. Blue Lyon quotes an email from HealthJustice, which was sent out in response to the withdrawal of the Kucinich amendment before yesterdays vote: S peaker Pelosi felt that offering a single-payer amendment would open the floodgates to amendments proposed to limit abortion funds, restrict ...7 hours ago -
Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao Shows More Conscience Than Democrats Who Voted "No"
The Liberal Curmudgeon —
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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 ...7 hours ago -
House Democrats Voting No
Matthew Yglesias —
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An interesting table from The New York Times profiles the House Democrats who voted “no” on health reform last night. Mostly it’s people from districts that went for John McCain, oftentimes heavily so. There’s also Artur Davis whose district suggests he ought to be a solid Democratic vote but who’s running ...7 hours ago -
LIST: Democrats who voted no
News —
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Heres the full list of Democrats who voted against the House healthcare bill last night. As the NY Times notes , most of them represent conservative-leaning districts. Rep. John Adler (D-N.J.) Reo. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) Reo. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) Rep. John Boccieri (D-Ohio) Rep. Dan Boren ...7 hours ago -
THE FEARLESS FORTY: THE 39 HOUSE DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED AGAINST SOCIALISM AND THE SENATOR WHO PROMISES A FILIBUSTER
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
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THE NYTIMES HAS THE LIST WITH DISTRICT VOTING RECORD AND ANALYSIS. HERE THEY ARE - "THE FEARLESS FORTY": Adler Altmire Baird Barrow Boccieri Boren Boucher Boyd Bright Chandler Childers Artur Davis Lincoln Davis Chet Edwards Gordon Griffith Herseth-sandlin Holden ...7 hours ago -
220 – 215
Half Empty —
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The House voted to pass the Affordable Healthcare for America Act, HR 3269 sponsored by Congressman John Dingell by two votes last night. Surprisingly one of those two votes was from a first term Republican congressman, Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA - 2). Of his bipartisan vote, Cao said this in his news ...7 hours ago -
A Dem, maybe two with guts to vote no on health care?
SocraticGadfly —
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Per Huffington Post, it’s clear Dennis Kucinich opposed what he saw as a sellout to the insurance industry. I don’t know for sure about Artur Davis, but, per this NY Times graphic , he may have had similar reasons. There is no god and I am his prophet.7 hours ago -
Kucinich: Why I Voted NO
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
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KUCINICH DENOUNCES HEALTH CARE SELL-OUT BY PELOSI AND THE HOUSE DEMS “We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. We cannot fault the insurance companies for being ...8 hours ago
