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Five More Dems Say No to Health Care Bill

By Jeralyn, Section Legislation
Posted on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06:54:58 PM EST
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Will the health care bill pass? Five more Dems said no today.

Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.

Here's the list of 27 Democrats opposing the bill.

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    The list of 27 no's (3.66 / 3) (#1)
    by shoephone on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 08:19:20 PM EST
    It looks like all of them -- except one -- are ConservaDems from conservative districts, aligning themselves with the Republican caucus. Who's the one? Kucinich. He's the only one from the left who is willing to expose the POS Senate bill for what it is. Even my supposed committed-to-single-payer-advocate congressman is under the sway of Captain Nancy and her lieutenants. He will not get my vote in November.

    Fineman reports that Kucinich will (none / 0) (