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Health Care Reform Bill Narrowly Passes House
DENVER (AP) -- All but one member of Colorado's congressional delegation has voted along party lines on the health care reform bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House. Reporter: AP |
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DENVER (AP) -- All but one member of Colorado's congressional delegation has voted along party lines on the health care reform bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House.
Four of Colorado's five Democratic House members backed the bill that passed 220-215 last night. Rep. Betsy Markey voted "no," saying the measure doesn't do enough to cut health care costs for families and businesses.
Markey represents the 4th Congressional District, which covers most of Colorado's eastern plains and voted Republican for more than 30 years before last year's election.
Democrats Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis and John Salazar voted for the bill. Republicans Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn voted "no."
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Gary maybe you should see who got the biggest kickbacks from the insurance industry. These yes votes were bought and paid for. If you don't buy insurance you have to pay a tax or go to jail it is in the bill. All this is giving to the freeloaders of our society and making the rest pay. To quote Johnny Rebel " still looking for a handout". That is the mentality of those that believe they are owed a living for being a lazy sloth sitting around all day consuming beer, bleeding the welfare system, and whining that the man owes them a living. Also Gary this bill will increase unemployment, all part of the mentality that the government knows whats best. Good thing this bill is doa when it hits the senate floor.
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Now the TABOR freeloaders receive more of a handout.
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First of all Barny are you sure Coffman and Lamborn aren't listening to the voices of the insurance and health care executives who could lose their multimillion dollar salaries they earn every time they cancel someones medical policy because they actually became sick? This has been an issue that has needed since the Clinton administration and was even a concern of FDR, now finally the current administration want's to make it better and all you get is bunch of criticism but no solutions. Why wasn't people that vocal during George W.Bush's reign? Was an eight year case of laryngitis? You know I really don't expect to convince of anything but I just wanted to let you know that there people who don't fall for talking or intimidating comments. Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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