Congressmen Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Pete Stark, D-Fremont, were among 26 House Democrats who broke from the party pack today to oppose H.R. 4154, Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009.
The bill, which passed on a 225-200 vote, would prevent [...]
The good news about the House vote yesterday to approve PelosiCare is that the city where I was born, Cincinnati, Ohio will, come January 2001, once again have a Republican Congressman. Now that Steve Driehaus, who currently represents the Queen City, voted in favor of HR 3962, he [...]
Generally speaking, three votes isn't the margin by which a massive transformation of the economy and society should be imposed by the central government.
But that's exactly what the House Democrats did tonight when they voted 220-215 to pass a bill they ill-comprehend, that would impose an authoritarian, $1.5 trillion [...]
The conventional wisdom is that the 49 Democrats from congressional districts that backed John McCain last fall are those likely to tip the balance in the current debate on health care.
Given the results of last Tuesday’s elections, however, those Democrats for districts which delivered 45% of their votes [...]
I picture Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) writhing and twisting in frustration; with all those Democrats, surely she can scrape together 218 to vote for SqueakerCare!
Surely not, at least not yet:
House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the' [...]
Let’s see, 69 (of 258) House Democrats “have expressed opposition to the Speaker’s health care bill.” The party’s leadership may delay the vote slated for tomorrow on the bill as they struggle to find enough votes to pass it. No wonder they’re doing what they always do when [...]
