Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor were among the 58 Democrats and two independents who voted in favor of allowing debate to continue regarding a health care bill that is approaching consideration on the Senate floor. Reporter Kelly Dudzik of Fox 16 [...]
Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Sen. Blanche Lincoln announced that she will vote for the motion to begin debate of the health care bill. This vote is the last vote needed for Majority Leader Harry Reid to move the bill to the floor…developing…
Sen. Lincoln said, [...]
Some 1,500 uninsured people are expected to seek medical attention at a free mass clinic at the Statehouse Convention center from noon to 7 p.m. today.
It might be that, sometime during the clinic, Sen. Blanche Lincoln will cast a deciding vote on whether to let the Senate [...]
Heritage Foundation: Congress has outdone itself. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a health care bill weighing in at 2,074 pages, a new record. A vote on the bill is expected Saturday.
My political intuition tells me that Sen. Blanche Lincoln will vote for the motion to proceed on the Senate Health Care Bill when it comes to the floor tomorrow. I thought I would go ahead and take a crack at what her statement will be following her vote. [...]
Not all doctors are on the Republican bandwagon. One writes to me:
All the anti-reform 'no gub-mint' in health care Docs had ALL of their salary during their residency paid for by the Feds. If they hate the govenment so much, how 'bout they repay all that, with interest?
FYI,' [...]
Surprise. The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce does not want debate to open on health care legislation in the Senate. It wants it killed dead, now. It is rallying troops to pressure Sens. Pryor and Lincoln to filibuster what is traditionally a routine procedure to open debate.
Pryor has already [...]
A new poll indicates that 84% of Arkansans want the Senate to debate health care reform. This comes on the eve of a cloture vote in the Senate where 60 members must vote in favor in order for the bill to proceed to the Senate floor for debate.
Arkansas Senator [...]
If my email inbox is any indication, then tomorrow’s vote on the health care bill is huge. Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid has scheduled a test vote for his health care bill for 7:00 CST Saturday night. The bill was unveiled late Wednesday night. The Saturday night vote [...]
Copy to Sen. Lincoln:
Survey says an overwhelming majority of Arkansas voters -- regardless of feelings on the legislation itself -- want debate in the Senate on the health reform bill. AND an up or down vote on the bill.
[...]Press Releases regarding Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s vote on the Health Care Bill are coming in faster than a politician can spend money so I will post this on this thread and keep the top thread open for developments in Sen. Lincoln’s vote.
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[Correction made to post on 11/23] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture and scheduled a vote on his “mammoth" 2,074-page health care reform bill (H.R. 3590) at 8 PM on Saturday. The Democrats wish to rush the vote before Senators return home for Thanksgiving. If" [...] If you were curious where Fox News contributor Dick Morris stands on the Health Care Bill, he cleared it up today at an Americans for Prosperity Rally in Little Rock. He is against it. Surprise!
Morris threw out the red meat to the crowd after first being worked up to a [...]
Might this statement mean Sen. Lincoln might actually allow debate on a health care bill?
Key sentence:
Importantly, even if the Senate decides to open debate on this measure, there will be many days and weeks of efforts to improve it and I will look forward to your comments and observations.
Maybe she [...]
A new ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) targets Rep. Vic Snyder’s vote on health care. This one takes an interesting twist by quoting what several fellow Democrats have to say about the bill.
“The worst thing you can do in a recession is raise taxes and this bill [...]
With much fanfare, the Senate Democrats unveiled their long awaited health care reform bill last night. Weighing in at 2,074 pages, I have obviously not digested the whole thing but one part of it jumped out at my CPA brain while skimming it last night.
If passed [...]
Through Wednesday afternoon, more than 900 people had signed up for appointments for free medical checks at the mass free clinic to be held from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Statehouse Convention Center. A spokesman said on the radio this morning that the doctors and nurses will also [...]
I spoke to the Sunrise Rotary yesterday on health care reform legislation and its potential effect on states before speaking at the Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Breakfast sponsored by Harvest Texarkana and Randy Sams. Both events were at Williams Memorial. Here's a pretty scary red eye pic [...] It has come to this. U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor forthrightly says he'll vote for a routine procedural motion to allow debate on health care legislation. U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln can't even decide that.
The senator said he would vote to advance the measure to debate, but he emphasized that the [...]
