Sunday, November 8, 2009

House Health Care Vote

Health care insurance reform passed the House on Saturday night 220 to 215, with members voting mostly on party lines, Democrats for and Republicans against. However, 39 Democrats joined the Republicans in voting No:

Bobby Bright
Age 57
Blue dog coalition member
Alabama 2nd

Parker Griffith
Age 67
Blue dog coalition member
Alabama 5th

Artur Davis
Age 42
Alabama 7th

Mike Ross
Age 48
Blue dog coalition member
Arkansas 4th

Betsy Markey
Age 53
Emily's List member
Colorado 4th

Allen Boyd
Age 64
Blue dog coalition member
Florida 2nd

Suzanne Kosmas
Age 65
Emily's List member
Florida 24th

Jim Marshall
Age 61
Blue dog coalition member
Georgia 8th

John Barrow
Age 54
Blue dog coalition member
Georgia 12th

Walt Minnick
Age 67
Blue dog coalition member
Idaho 1st

Ben Chandler
Age 50
Blue dog coalition member
Kentucky 6th

Charlie Melancon
Age 62
Blue dog coalition leadership team
Louisiana 3rd

Frank Kratovil
Age 41
Blue dog coalition member
Maryland 1st

Collin Peterson
Age 65
Blue dog coalition member
Minnesota 7th

Travis Childers
Age 51
Blue dog coalition member
Mississippi 1st

Gene Taylor
Age 56
Blue dog coalition member
Mississippi 4th

Ike Skelton
Age 67
Missouri 4th

John Adler
Age 50
New Jersey 3rd

Harry Teague
Age 60
New Mexico 2nd

Mike McMahon
Age 52
New York 13th

Scott Murphy
Age 39
New York 20th

Eric Massa
Age 50
New York 29th

Mike McIntyre
Age 53
Blue dog coalition member
North Carolina 7th

Larry Kissell
Age 58
North Carolina 8th

Heath Shuler
Age 37
Blue dog coalition leadership team
North Carolina 11th

Dennis Kucinich
Age 63
Ohio 10th

John Boccieri
Age 40
Ohio 16th


Dan Boren
Age 36
Blue dog coalition member
Oklahoma 2nd

Jason Altmire
Age 41
Blue dog coalition member
Pennsylvania 4th

Tim Holden
Age 52
Blue dog coalition member
Pennsylvania 7th

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Age 38
Emily's List member
Blue dog coalition leadership team
South Dakota

Lincoln Davis
Age 66
Blue dog coalition member
Tennessee 4th

Bart Gordon
Age 60
Blue dog coalition member
Tennessee 6th

John Tanner
Age 65
Blue dog coalition member
Tennessee 8th

Chet Edwards
Age 57
Texas 17th

Jim Matheson
Age 49
Blue dog coalition member
Utah 2nd

Glenn Nye
Age 35
Blue dog coalition member
Virginia 2nd

Rick Boucher
Age 63
Virginia 9th

Brian Baird
Age 53
Washington 3rd


Note that 23 of the 39 Democrats who voted No are members of the conservative blue dog coalition, including 3 of 4 coalition leaders. Another 29 members of the blue dog coalition voted Yes. And all 3 women Democrats who voted No are on Emily's List (including one blue dog).

1 Republican voted Yes on the Democratic reform plan :




Joseph Cao
Age 42
Louisiana 2nd
Cao was born in Vietnam and is the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress.


1 Republican voted No on both the Democratic reform plan and the Republican substitute plan:




Tim Johnson
Age 63
Illinois 15th
Johnson is a West Point dropout.

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