Monday, March 22, 2010

House Democrats Voting No on Health Care Reform

Last night Democrats in the House of Representatives passed the Senate health care reform bill by a vote of 219 to 212, then passed a reconciliation measure to resolve differences between House and Senate by a vote of 220 to 211. This compares to the November vote, when health care insurance reform passed 220 to 215.

All the Republicans voted No, and were joined by a number of Democrats. But the vote totals indicate that not many minds in Congress were changed between the votes in November and March. The vote totals barely changed, and by my count 8 Democrats switched from No to Yes, while 6 Democrats and 1 Republican switched from Yes to No. With 435 members in the House, all this talk for and against health care reform these past 5 months has swayed just 15 members of Congress.

8 Democrats voted No on the House plan in November, but Yes on the Senate plan and Reconciliation plan in March:
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
Scott Murphy
Age 39
New York 20th

Dennis Kucinich
Age 63
Ohio 10th

John Boccieri
Age 40
Ohio 16th

Bart Gordon
Age 60
Blue dog coalition member
Tennessee 6th

Brian Baird
Age 53
Washington 3rd



3 Democrats voted Yes on the House plan in November but No on the Senate plan and Reconciliation plan in March:
Marion Berry
Age 67
Blue dog coalition member
Arkansas 1st

Mike Arcuri
Age 50
Blue dog coalition member
New York 24th

Zack Space
Age 49
Blue dog coalition member
Ohio 18th



2 Democrats voted Yes on the House plan in November, No on the Senate plan in March but Yes on the Reconciliation plan in March:
Dan Lipinski
Age 43
Illinois 3rd

Stephen Lynch
Age 54
Massachusetts 9th



1 Democrat voted Yes on the House plan in November, Yes on the Senate plan in March but No on the Reconciliation plan in March:
Jim Cooper
Age 55
Blue dog coalition member
Tennessee 5th



29 Democrats voted No on all 3 measures:

Bobby Bright
Age 57
Blue dog coalition member
Alabama 2nd

Artur Davis
Age 42
Alabama 7th

Mike Ross
Age 48
Blue dog coalition member
Arkansas 4th

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

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


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

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



1 Democrat who voted No on the House plan in November switched to the Republican Party in December and voted No on the Senate plan and Reconciliation plan in March:
Parker Griffith
Age 67
former Blue dog coalition member
Alabama 5th



1 Republican voted Yes on the House plan in November but No on both the Senate plan and Reconciliation plan in March:




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


1 Democrat who voted No on the House plan in November resigned in early March:
Eric Massa
Age 50
New York 29th

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