I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.
Smart Politics – Upper Midwestern U.S. House Delegation Votes 13 …
Two regional Blue Dog Democrats defected from their party's leadership on the vote for the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" – Colin Peterson (MN-07) and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD-AL) – while two Blue Dogs voted for the …
The Progressive Electorate:: Breaking News; Health Care Reform …
We passed the health care reform bill through the house. As Steny Hoyer just said in an interview standing side by side with Nancy Pelosi and other house leaders "it was a bipartisan vote". 219 Democrats and 1 Republican joined together – just two more than the 218 … Artur Davis – unofficial Blue Dog? (4.00 / 2). Davis has now voted against the good of his constituents on enough important issues to qualify as an unofficial parttime Blue Dog. Or at least a Purple Puppy! …
80% of House Democrats Who Voted Against Health Care Were In …
That's neat. 31 of the 39 Democratic representatives who didn't vote for the health care bill are in districts that had more McCain voters than Obama voters. … rep. from Alabama that a friend of mine who is a Congressional staffer thinks highly of. He's from an overwhelmingly pro-Obama (and overwhelmingly black) district, is not a freshman or Blue Dog, has high numbers of uninsured in his district, etc. Did he too vote against coz it was too conservative or something? …
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