One Republican may vote for Democratic healthcare bill

[cal04]

http://rawstory.com/2009/11/republican-vote-democratic-healthcare-bill/

A Republican in a district that voted heavily for President Barack Obama may back the Democrats' healthcare bill when its voted upon late Saturday or early Sunday, according to the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call:

Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (R-La.), a former Jesuit seminarian, is rumored to be on the fence if the House approves the amendment authored by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) that would prevent federal funding for abortions.

Cao was originally expected to vote “no” on the bill along with the rest of his colleagues because it didn’t explicitly ban funding for abortion.

But since Democrats agreed to allow a vote on the Stupak amendment, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops gave their blessing on the Democratic health care bill provided the amendment is accepted — the vote became even tougher for the freshman Republican.

[babylonsister]

1. The bill passed, and Cao did vote for it. nt

[cal04]

2. thanks babylonsister, I saw that he did and wondered why

then I found this on rawstory

[babylonsister]

3. Hey, cal04, it's a done deal. I think the Dems needed 218 and got 220,

thanks to Cao. Don't know who else might have voted for it.

[47of74]

4. The teabaggers will probably be swooping down on his district

The teabaggers will probably all be swooping down on his district in the coming year to get some extremist to run against Mr. Cao seeing as how he's probably no longer Republican enough for their tastes.

[Feron]

5. Lots of luck on that one. LMAO nt