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From the weekend: the health care vote

I’m pretty sure it was a peculiar minority of folks who were geeking out watching C-SPAN on Saturday nights as the House debated and passed its version of the health care/insurance/system/etc… reform bill.

For those who spent their weekends in other pursuits:

Click here for my story rounding up our local Congressman’s thoughts and votes on the topic.
Click here for an AP story explaining why the Senate may be a tougher nut to crack.
Click here for a New York Times story on the Obama administration’s desire to get this thing done before the end of the year.

There were actually two telling votes on Saturday. The first was on what became known as the Stupak amendment. That amendment would preclude federally-funded health plans from paying for abortion services. It purportedly won over some conservative Democrats and at least one Republican who were sitting on the fence over the bill.

The second important vote, of course, was for final passage. Here’s how North Carolina’s delegation broke down on the two:

	Stupak	Final
Butterfield, G.K., North Carolina, 1st	No	Yes
Coble, Howard, North Carolina, 6th	Yes	No
Etheridge, Bob, North Carolina, 2nd	Yes	Yes
Foxx, Virginia, North Carolina, 5th	Yes	No
Jones, Walter B., North Carolina, 3rd	Yes	No
Kissell, Larry, North Carolina, 8th	No	No
McHenry, Patrick T., North , 10th	Yes	No
McIntyre, Mike, North Carolina, 7th	Yes	No
Miller, Brad, North Carolina, 13th	No	Yes
Myrick, Sue, North Carolina, 9th	Yes	No
Price, David, North Carolina, 4th	No	Yes
Shuler, Heath, North Carolina, 11th	Yes	No
Watt, Mel, North Carolina, 12th	No	Yes

Click here for the full roll call on the Stupak amendment.

Click here for the full roll call on final passage.

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Posted by Mark Binker on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:55 am

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Doug Johnson

November 10, 2009 - 9:54 am EST

I am kind of surprised the TEA Party is not going after this folks like Miller,
in Virginia they are doing their job, trying to get this folks out of office!

Mark Binker

November 10, 2009 - 10:02 am EST

There is a declared GOP challenger to Miller. Bill Randall is a retired Navy man who lives now in Wake Forrest and his views, if I read him right, roughly align with folks who would identify themselves in the tea party movement.

The problem for anyone going after Miller is his district is anchored in some of the more Democratic-leaning precincts of Raleigh and Greensboro. And even in more rural counties like Rockingham, he gets help from labor muscle left over from the heydays of textiles.