Meet The HOUSE DEMS Who Voted To REPEAL ‘Obamacare’
House Republicans stood together in Wednesday’s 244-185 vote to repeal ‘Obamacare’ — the 33rd vote in the chamber to roll back the law.Five Democrats broke with their party to join them, two more than last year’s repeal vote. All five represent Republican-leaning districts. All five were among 39 Democrats to vote against final passage of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010.
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Matheson, a Blue Dog serving since 2001, voted against the GOP’s repeal effort last year. He flipped this time around to realign with Republicans against Obama’s signature law. “I have voted against the health care bill at every opportunity in the legislative process,” Matheson said in a statement about his vote. “Plain and simple, the bill is a flawed effort that fails to address the critical issue of rising health costs.”
Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC)
Kissell, a second-term congressman, voted against the Republican repeal legislation last year. But he has been careful not to align himself with Obama, refusing to endorse his reelection bid. Kissell has broken with his party on multiple occasions, including on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt.
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
McIntyre, a Blue Dog who has represented rural North Carolina since 1997, joined Republicans last year to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. How conservative is his district? Here’s a hint: He has refused to endorse President Obama for reelection.
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
Ross, a congressman since 2001 who serves as co-chair of the increasingly extinct Blue Dog Caucus, was an early Democratic opponent of the law and has consistently positioned himself it. He joined Republicans to vote to repeal it last year. Ross has sought to make himself amenable to his mostly conservative constituents by aligning against Obama and Democrats on numerous issues. He’s retiring at the end of his term.
Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK)
Boren, a Blue Dog who has served Oklahoma since 2005, last year voted with Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He has gone to great lengths to distinguish himself from Democrats, including by cosponsoring anti-abortion legislation and voting for a hard-right measure calling for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
He’s not seeking reelection this November.
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Just not as far to the Right - yet. They are still working on it. If they move too fast, too many people would notice.
A little dated, but still happening.
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They also attack Kucinich's as another who fits their "unelectable liberal" profile. The truth is that their profile does not work. That's not surprising. They are not trying to get real democrats elected. They may cite Clinton, but in many ways, Clinton was more republican than Nixon.
http://www.opednews.com/kall_dlc_sucks.htm
Basically, the Democratic party has been taken over by Republicans.
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http://www.garlicandgrass.org/issue5/intro.cfm
