Joel Hendon

Healthcare Bill Closed Door Negotiations Face Problems In The House


Posted: Saturday, January 09, 2010

by Joel Hendon
http://hebronics.org/index.html

If you remember, the House of Representatives passed their current version of the bill by only five votes. Three additional votes against it would have killed it. And this included one Republican, Senator Joe Cao from Louisiana sold his vote after meeting with President Obama several times.

Now, there are eleven of those Democrats who voted for it, and Senator Cao, say they will not vote for the Senate bill as it now stands. There were 39 Democrats who voted against their original bill, but Alabama's Parker Griffith has since defected to the Republican party. So, this brings a dilemma that will mean a lot of arm twisting and/or payoffs with taxpayer monies. They must convince at least ten people to change their vote. They can afford to come up two votes shorter than before, but not three!

Twenty-two of the thirty-eight who voted for it but are now against it, are so because of the Senate version language on funding abortions. These twenty-two voted for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment which would have banned the use of government funds to pay for abortions. Thirty of them represent districts which voted for John McCain during the presidential election and some others are in a Republican leaning area.

You may rest assured all who voted for the original but now have changed their mind, have never been put under pressure such as they are in store for at this time. It is imperative that the constituents of these Representatives contact them very quickly to let them know where you stand on this bill. After a few days of waterboarding, it may be too late to stop them. I list these names below with their telephone numbers so you can call their office soon.

Harry Teague, New Mexico (dist. 2) (202) 225-2365 and (575) 393-0510

Gene Taylor, Mississippi (dist. 4) (202) 225-5772 and (228) 864-7670

John Tanner, Tennessee (dist. 8) (202) 225-4714 and (731) 885-7070

Ike Skelton Missouri (dist. 4) (202) 225-2876 and (816) 228-4242

Heath Shuler, North Carolina (dist. 11) (202) 225-6401 and (828) 252-1651

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota, (202) 225-2801 and (605) 367-8371

Mike Ross, Arkansas (dist. 4) (202) 225-3772 and (870) 536-3376

Collin C. Peterson, Minnesota (dist. 7) (202) 225-2165 and (218) 847-5056

Glenn Nye, Virginia (dist. 2) (202) 225-4215 and (757) 326-6201

Scott Murphy, New York (dist. 20) (202) 225-5614 and (518) 581-8247

Walt Minnick, Idaho (dist 1) (202) 225-6611 and (208) 888-3188

Charlie Melancon, Louisiana (dist. 3) (202) 225-4031 and (225) 621-8490

Michael E. McMahon, New York (dist. 13) (202) 225-3371 and (718) 351-1062

Mike McIntyre, North Carolina (dist. 7) (202) 225-2731 and (910) 323-0260

Jim Matheson, Utah (dist. 2) (202) 225-3011 and (801) 486-1236

Eric Massa, New York (dist. 29) (202) 225-3161 and (585) 218-0040

Chet Edwards, Texas (dist. 17) (202) 225-6105 and (254) 752-9600

Bart Gordon, Tennessee (dist. 6) (202) 225-4231 and (615) 896-1986

Tim Holden, Pennsylvania (dist. 17) (202) 225-5546 and (717) 234-5904

Larry Kissell, North Carolina (dist. 8) (202) 225-3715 and (704) 786-1612

Suzanne Kosmas, Florida (dist. 24) (202) 225-2706 and (386) 756-9798

Lincoln Davis, Tennessee (dist. 4) (202) 225-6831 and (931) 879-2361

Frank Kratovil Jr., Maryland (dist. 1) (202) 225-5311 and (443) 262-9136

Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio(dist 10) (202) 225-5871 or (216) 228-8850

Betsy Markey, Colorado (dist. 4) (202) 225-4676 and (970) 221-7110

Jim Marshall, Georgia (dist. 8) (202) 225-6531 and (478) 464-0255

Brian Baird, Washington (dist. 3) (202) 225-3536 and (360) 695-6292

John Barrow, Georgia (dist. 12) (202) 225-2823 and (912) 354-7282

John Boccieri, (Ohio 16) (202) 225-3876 or (330) 489-4414

Dan Boren, Oklahoma (dist. 2) (202) 225-2701 and (918) 687-2533

Rick Boucher, Virginia (dist. 9) (202) 225-3861 and (276) 628-1145

Allen Boyd (Fla. 2) (202) 225-5235 and (850) 561-3979

Bobby Bright, Alabama (dist. 2) (202) 225-2901 and (334) 794-9680

Ben Chandler, Kentucky (dist. 6) (202) 225-4706 and (859) 219-1366

Travis Childers, Mississippi (dist. 1) (202) 225-4306 and (662) 841-8808

Artur Davis, Alabama (dist. 7) (202) 225-2665 and (205) 254-1960

John Adler, New Jersey (dist. 3) (202) 225-4765 and (732) 608-7235

Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania (Pa. 4) (202) 225-2565 and (724) 378-0928

Let these gentlemen know that you appreciate their stand and encourage them not to allow the administration's pressure to sway them. They need your input in order to hold up under the threats and promises.

Author Biography: Joel Hendon was born near Gadsden Alabama. He attended public schools in Cherokee County, Alabama and after serving a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended Jacksonville State University, majoring in Business Administration. He became a Christian in 1948, and although he followed secular work as a career and retired from Allied Signal Aerospace, he is an avid student of the Holy Bible and related works as well as biblical history. He has an extensive website of conservative religious and political articles.http://hebronics.org/index.html

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» left by Vince Robertson 2 years 118 days ago.
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When you stop acting like an adult, you lose your right to sit at the adult table. The Republicans have proven that they can't be trusted in negotiations with their moronic accusations. (The Dems want to kill old people? Obama wants to destroy America? Coming to protest with guns is a GOOD thing? Come on, you're smarter than that, right?) I think the Dems are doing the only reasonable thing by locking the Republicans out of the negotiations.
 
I would encourage all readers of this article to use this list to call their representatives and encourage them to continue to lock the Republicans out, vote against the special interests and for the people. We need health care reform no matter what the Republicans say!
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