First term Democrat Nye voting against health care bill (BIG "NO" PICKUP!)

Hampton Roads ^ | 3-20-10 | Bill Bartel

[icwhatudo]

U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye announced Saturday night he is voting against against the Democratic health care bill today, saying it doesn’t do enough to lower the cost of health care.

“Over the past year, I have spoken with countless small business owners, families, medical professionals, and average citizens across Virginia’s 2nd District, and it became very clear that this bill was not the right solution for Virginia’s health care challenges,” Nye said in a written statement. “There were many strong points in this bill that I would have been happy to support individually, but the package as a whole had serious problems.”

[Renderofveils]

because I pretty much concluded that she would be a yes vote, being promised illegals would get health care,

Considering that La Raza is opposed to the health care bill...

[Go Gordon]

Headline: Nye to vote Nay

[VRWCTexan]

Upfront_News Fox News: Democratic Rep. Michael Arcuri switches vote to ‘no’ on health care.

[Brad’s Gramma]

For REAL?

[onyx]

If Lorreta is truly voting NO, it’s a sea change.

[W-Girl]

I have been at work all day ......any news about the count ??

Pelosi going to do it ??

[Hoodat]

Nye was a “NO” last time..

My bad. I stand corrected. God bless the Commonwealth. My mother still lives in the 6th District. I asked her earlier tonight to give Nye a call.

[matthew fuller]

As I have predicted at least 2 or 3 times, the vote will be Apr 3, Easter weekend. Tommorow, when Thelma Louise Pelosi is unable to count 216+, the vote will be postponed, two weeks from today.

[rwfromkansas]

He was undecided, and incorrect reports that I bought earlier this evening had him as no-yes switch.

thankfully that was wrong.

However, he also opposed climate change legislation according to The Hill, so it would seem he is fairly conservative perhaps (as a Dem).

He was undecided, so while not a switch, he was not part of the Stupak group....his vote was critical to offset any more losses.

[Ken H]

Roll Call still has Sanchez in the undecided/unknown column. Updated @ 11:37 pm (1 hour ago):

"Roll Call reported March 20 that Sanchez is not certain to make the vote. She missed all seven votes on March 20 and has said publicly she is not fond of the Senate measure. Was a late yes in November."

[Man50D]

I certainly agree in principle but the people have been going along with unconstitutional government for generations. How are we to suddenly put a stop to it now?

How did the socialists achieve the power to the point they are at today? We take a page out of the socialist playbook by returning to the Constitution with dogged persistence. View any setback as only temporary. The millions of people attending thousands of tea party rallies since last February are the beginning of a massive and growing political force that are telling the socialists we are in charge and will defend the Constitution. We will replace them with people who support our Conservative agenda.

[onyx]

I just can’t answer you.
It’s all up in the air.

[matthew fuller]

"It will not be irrelevant. There will either have to be a revolt/insurrection or the SCOTUS will have to stop it. Neither is a guarantee. "

THANK YOU! This abominable POS bill, if passed, will bring our once great country to it's knees, requiring multiple generations to repair, incurring thousands of unnecessary, premature deaths, until SCOTUS overrides it. This idiot bill will most definately NOT be irrelevant if passed, until it is somehow invalidated.

[Man50D]

You’ve posted this on just about every thread pertaining to this horror.

I will continue to do so. It can be posted or said enough!

It will not be irrelevant. There will either have to be a revolt/insurrection or the SCOTUS will have to stop it.

It is becoming irrelevant has the number of growing grassroots conservatives are more forcefully telling Congress everyday we are in charge. The impromptu tea party rally today in Washington D.C. consisting of anywhere between 25,000- 50,000 spoke volumes and was larger than the estimated 10,000 who attended an impromptu rally in the fall of last year. The revolt/insurrection has been occurring for decades by the socialists. Those who want to defend the Constitution are on a mission to stop and reverse the socialist/marxist revolt. Our numbers are growing. We will not be stopped.

The hardships people will endure with the unconstitutional, socialist garbage you cite should only serve to encourage you and others not to acquiesce to this marxist regime.

Think about it.

[Man50D]

This idiot bill will most definately NOT be irrelevant if passed, until it is somehow invalidated.

It is an will be irrelevant because the people are saying in massive numbers they will not comply! That is the whole point of the millions who have been involved with the tea party rallies. It is being invalidated more everyday! The opposition to this socialist garbage has reached a critical mass that can't be stopped.

[Bigjimslade]

If this doesn’t pass none of these last minute “No’s” should get any credit. In fact, they should be more of a target for trying to play the hero when they knew the outcome and knew they would vote yes if they had to.

[matthew fuller]

I believe that you are misunderstanding or misusing the meaning of "irrelevant"- irrelevant- adjective- unconnected, unrelated, unimportant, inappropriate, peripheral, insignificant, negligible, immaterial,.. .

This proposed deathcare monstrosity is in no way "unimportant", "insignificant", "negligible", or "immaterial". If it were irrelevant, no one would be upset and protesting. If this turkey passes and is later overruled or repealed, only THEN does it BECOME irrelevant.

[Persevero]

firedoglake, a liberal blog, has the count at 209 no, 204 yes.

This is a very exciting weekend.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Agent provocateurs.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Rundown [by thouworm]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2437390/posts?page=1853#1853

Update 3-20, 8:40 PM:

Republicans have 206 publicly committed votes. We need 216 to defeat the bill. There were ten members of the Stupak group:

1. Stupak
2. Driehaus
3. Lipinski
4. Kaptur
5. Dahlkemper
6. Mollohan
7. Rahall
8. Donnelly
9. Costello
10. Berry

Obviously, if all of those held, that would be enough to defeat the bill, but the cryptic comment of Stupak that he had lost votes and ”at least six” will stand opposed is still puzzling. There are also still five uncommitted members who voted NO in November:

1. Baird
2. Tanner
3. Nye
4. Boucher
5. L. Davis

Pelosi likely has Baird and Tanner in her back pocket, especially Baird. Davis’ situation I detailed below, Boucher represents an overwhelmingly Republican district and said last week that he would vote against the bill if it had big cuts to Medicare (and it does), and Nye represents a Republican district and faces a strong challenge to re-election. I think that the three of them are likely to vote NO.

Finally, we have the non-Stupak ones who voted YES in November but that we would like to flip our way:

1. Ortiz
2. L. Sanchez
3. Kanjorski
4. Foster
5. Michaud
6. Pomeroy
7. Schrader
8. Ron Klein

Sanchez is a new addition to my list. She’s been a presumed YES vote, but it turns out that she didn’t want to vote yes last time and was actually the final Dem to vote in favor. She said this week that “the Senate bill is a bad bill,” and she is facing a serious challenge this fall. She spent today in Florida (yes, you read that correctly) — thus avoiding getting buttonholed by the House leadership, who now reportedly list her as a NO. I also see Schrader, Ortiz, Klein, and Kanjorski as possible votes our way – they all have good reason to vote NO. And Pomeroy is a likely NO vote in my book.

So, I still see Nye, Boucher, Davis, and Pomeroy as likely for us. I also see another six as good possibilities. If we do get four votes from this group, then six from Stupak still wins it for us. And Pelosi still has a lot of other publicly uncommitted members, and we could still get one of those unexpectly, like we did with Lynch.

http://thehayride.com/2010/03/no-bill-no-cbo-numbers-bad-sign-for-obamacare/