Two Tennessee Democrats announce “no” votes
By: Susan Ferrechio
Chief Congressional Correspondent
03/21/10 3:15 PM EDT
Two southern Democrats, Rep. Lincoln Davis and Rep. John Tanner, both of Tennessee, are voting against the health-care bill.
I talked to Davis this afternoon about his decision. Davis, who represents Tennessee’s 4th district, said he supports health care reform, but on a smaller scale. Davis is looking for reform that addresses some of the gaps and problems in health care coverage experienced by Americans, 85 percent of whom have coverage, without redoing the entire system.
“We need to do something for those other 15 percent percent if they choose to have insurance, to come into the system,” Davis said. “And there are ways to do that, but there are some folks who don’t want to come into the system.”
Davis said he is not getting any pressure from the Democratic leadership about his vote.
“I explained up front where I am and why doing it, and they accept that, period,” Davis said.
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Pomeroy, Dorgan, Conrad say they will support health reform bill
North Dakota’s Congressional delegation said in a statement they will support final health care legislation up for a vote today in the House.
By: Herald Staff Report, Grand Forks Herald
North Dakota’s Congressional delegation said in a statement they will support the final health care legislation up for a vote today in the House.
In a joint statement issued this afternoon, the delegation of Rep. Earl Pomeroy and Sens. Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad, all Democrats, released the following comments:
“This country is facing a choice. Should we do nothing, and allow our health care to continue down the same path of rising health care premiums and shrinking benefits? Do we allow more and more middle-class North Dakotans to lose their insurance because they changed jobs or can no longer afford it? And do we allow out-of-control medical costs to continue inflating the federal budget deficit?
“We have concluded that doing nothing is not an option. We don’t think this bill is the silver bullet to solve every problem facing health care in the United States. But we have worked hard to make sure it is good for North Dakota
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