Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 11/07/2009 9:45:31 AM PST by yoe
Some moderate Democrats still are “really anguished” over voting for the energy bill, Rep. Jason Altmire told Fox News, and they “would be reluctant now to vote for health care and take a second vote that might be unpopular in their district.”
With Republicans raising the volume of their protests and House Democratic leaders uncertain if they have enough rank-and-file support, some moderate Democrats sense that passing a health care reform bill will be as difficult as the House’s energy bill, which was approved by a slim margin June.
That has caused quite a bit of hand-wringing among the Democrats.
Some “really anguished” over voting for the energy bill, Rep. Jason Altmire told Fox News, and they “would be reluctant now to vote for health care and take a second vote that might be unpopular in their district.”
House Republicans who voted unanimously against the energy bill warned its greenhouse gas restrictions would cost jobs, and they are making the same jobs warning about the health bill's requirement's for small businesses. Once again, their opposition is unanimous.
"Those who have just lost their jobs or who feel they're in danger are going to look to Washington and go, 'What are they doing?'" said Rep. Shelly Capito, R- W.Va.
It's an argument that could resonate with the public as the government reports a 10.2 percent unemployment rate, the highest since 1983, and an all-time high $1.42 trillion dollar budget deficit.
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I’d like to see every bastard that votes FOR this B.S. to go homw and get their asses kicked by their moms, dads, aunts and uncles.
Then turn them over to the public.
My Rep Mike Arcuri better put his office on the market if he votes for this socialist takeover of the lives and deaths of Americans.
They are not “Anguished” over anything you mentioned ... they are “Anguished” over loosing their jobs!
Well the “MODERATE” DUMS better start updating their resumes if they vote for this POS.
Well they deserve to be anguished and they deserve to sweat. They are there by the WILL of their constituents and they can be removed by that same WILL. If they are more afraid of Pelosi and Obama, then they need to find a new occupation. Trouble with these politicians is that once they get their snouts in the public trough, it almost takes a crowbar to pry them out of there. ALL ETHICS GO OUT THE WINDOW. CO
To many of them, this only means that they have to ramp up the pace of their rationalization. And they will rationalize it.
But hey, if you're not so legal or high minded consider this: vote for it and you are out of a job in 2010, period. You know this is an unpopular bill. In a year, it'll have so enraged the public as more details come out and they begin to feel its effects... I can just about guarantee you that if you vote for it, you'll be beaten in the next election. Even in districts that are heavily Democratic - there you'll probably go down in the primaries to someone else from your party running on an "I wouldn't have voted for the fiasco of '09 platform."
Anguished? What does that mean? That they want more pork before they sell out their country?
Correction:
With Republicans AMERICANS raising the volume of their protests
Please Let your REPRESENTATIVE know your opposition to this bill: HR 3962
(202)224-3121
or http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
If they were “moderate” there would be no “anguish”.
Any states that allow recall petition for congress people?
Boils down to party or job . . . that’s what happens when they have the far-left as their leaders, they’re trying to whip them into submission. That party could REALLY use more “mavericks”.
sacrifice your job for the good of the party....
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