(Missouri Rep.) Cleaver: Obama doesn't have the votes to pass health care reform (201 out of 216)

Kansas City Star ^ | March 8, 2010 | Steve Kraske

[Second Amendment First]

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver said today on KCUR's "Up to Date" that President Barack Obama doesn't have the votes to pass health care reform in the U.S. House.

"We're not at 217," Cleaver said, referring to the number needed to pass the bill.

Later, the three-term Democrat from Kansas City said the passage number could be 216 given vacancies in the House.

The count today, Cleaver said, is about 201 health care supporters.

That number, he added, could fluctuate significantly as a final vote nears.

Listen to the show, that also featured Kansas Congressman Dennis Moore, here.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Why are there any votes for this bill?

[arista]

Let’s hope it fluctuates in the downward direction.

[arista]

November can not come soon enough.

[kcvl]

WE ARE WATCHING ALL OF YOU!

[Freddd]

Exactly what I was thinking. Why are there 200 willing to vote for it???

[Man50D]

Keep the pressure on Congress! Toll free numbers ot the Capital switchboard: 877-762-8762, 866-338-1015, 866-220-0044, 877-851-6437, 877-210-5351. Note: The numbers belong to various groups who may no longer use them to access the switchboard but it can’t hurt to try.

[mkjessup]

Fire up that printing press Rahm!!!

There are BRIBES to be made, DEALS to be cut, appointments to Ambassadorships to be arranged!!!

[Plutarch]

Those dang Republicans are obstructing the Democrat majority!

[MindBender26]

Every day that goes by, there will be fewer and fewer votes.

[Oldpuppymax]

So maybe THAT’S why Massa is thinking about staying—fewer reps, fewer votes needed. He stays, it makes it tougher on the left.

[Never on my watch]

Too darn close for me.

I’m sure Rahm is looking for shower pictures of 20 or so Dems.

[Lakeshark]

There’s a cute video if you follow the links. Let’s hope it’s a true story! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2459905/posts

[tiredoflaundry]

So only 201 “suicide bombers” are willing to lose their job for the Mullah Obama? /sarc

[US Navy Vet]

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver represents the district that President Harry Truman and Bess used to live in.

[no dems]

Congressman Massa from New York is resigning over the "scandal". He says the Dems are framing him because he voted against the HC Bill and they want him out of office before the vote is taken. SOURCE: Neil Cavuto's Program / FOX News /Today 3-8-10

[ronnyquest]

Unfortunately, our two most populous regions in Missouri are “owned” by democrats and unions, and our capitol is heavily inhabited by people on the government dole or whose aunties and cousins are.

[Typical_Whitey]

The Republicans would be smart to call for an ethics investigation into the (Massa) alleged extortion techniques the White House is using to the Obamacare No voters, couple this by showing the tricks and strong arm tactics that the executive branch is using for purly partisan political gains.

Investigate, Impeach, Imprison.

[mrmeyer]

Per Lord Acton, "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” - C.S. Lewis

[savedbygrace]

WE ARE WATCHING ALL OF YOU!

But not in the shower.