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3:17 pm March 4, 2010, by
U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal will delay his resignation from Congress by three weeks, citing intense pressure from House Republican leaders to remain and vote against President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system.
From the press release issued by the north Georgia congressman:
“Just two days after I announced my intentions to leave Congress, the majority party stepped up the schedule for the proposed health care bill. Having been deeply involved in all health care legislation for the past decade, I knew it was important to stay and vote down this bill….
“Yesterday, as I listened to President Obama’s aggressive push for a quick vote on ‘Obama-Care,’ it was clear that I must stay in Congress and continue to fight against the most liberal health care agenda ever proposed.”
A spokesman for Deal said the congressman was urged by House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) — as well as Gov. Sonny Perdue — to remain for the health care vote.
The Deal campaign released a statement from Boehner, which reads in part:
I don’t even care if he never shows up for work again, except to vote no on the bill.
It took a speech from 0bama before he realized the Democrats were going to try and use the nuclear option to push through 0bamacare after Scott Brown won?
What planet has he been living on?
If this guy leaves the House, and it turns out that it was his missing vote, that gave this country the abomination of 0bamacare, we can assure him, that we will do everything possible to make him lose his governorship bid.
Does that mean Neil Abercrombe can come back and vote?