Posted on 08/02/2013 7:12:21 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Many freshman Democrats in the House are defying Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and not voting with the party on key issues. They told Politico they are there to represent their constituents and not make big points with House leadership.
Dan Maffei (D-NY) has voted less with his party than any other freshman Democrat. He voted with Republicans to delay the mandates in Obamacare for one year. Fourteen of his colleagues joined him and Pelosi accused them of undermining her.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz (D-FL) took to the House floor to attack the defectors, but Maffei does not regret his actions:
Maffei, a former House staffer, is unrepentant. “What my constituents tell me and what best helps the community I represent is how I decide to vote,” Maffei said in a statement to POLITICO. “The people of Central New York have made it clear to me that the most important issues are growing our middle class, spurring our local economy, and creating more jobs across the region.”
Joe Garcia (D-FL) is one of the other Democrats who joined Maffei and voted to delay the Obamacare mandates:
“People don’t come to Washington to be Democrats or Republicans--in life I’ve always find there are two ways to do things… it’s the right way or the wrong way, and I vote for the right way,” Garcia said. “I respect them making points, but I’m not going to make points, I’m going to make good law.”
Sources told Politico Pelosi was upset but did not complain in public. Instead, she kept everything behind closed doors and attempted to persuade them. She brought in Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, to teach the representatives how to talk to critics and took them to the White House to meet with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.
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the defecting Dems voted against obamacare so she can find out what’s in it
Lousy Freeper Trolls! lol
The only thing uglier than that broads face, are her politics!
She brought in Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, to teach the representatives how to talk to critics and took them to the White House to meet with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.
—So she brought in more liars to teach them how to lie—just like Democratic leadership!
-——Sources told Politico Pelosi was upset but did not complain in public. Instead, she kept everything behind closed doors and attempted to persuade them. She brought in Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, to teach the representatives how to talk to critics and took them to the White House to meet with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.-——
Interesting...
Families USA..... Anybody know anything about them besides being a propagandist tool of Pelosi....
Good for them for not towing Pelosi's party line.
But how do their constituents feel about this?
Nope. Both are in Republican-leaning districts.
It’s about time some Democrats started waking up.
She looks like my psychopathic sister in law in that photo.
Now I’m really going to have nightmares.
I’m telling you, these issues are cutting across party lines.
This government is at war with the taxpayers. Between so-called immigration “reform” and DeathCare, they are going to destroy the middle class.
I can think of reasons, but none of them are good.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.com is always the best first place to look:
“In 2010, FUSA again partnered with the Obama administration to rehabilitate the image of the unpopular health-care bill with a nationwide PR campaign. Anita Dunn, Obama’s former communications director, and Andrew Grossman, a top Democratic strategist who coordinated grassroots efforts on behalf of health-care reform in 2009, collaborated to build a campaign that would last until 2014; it would consist of “road shows” all across the nation in order to provide federal officials with an advocacy platform to promote the bill.”
http://discoverthenetworks.com/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7559
Tread lightly, Blue Dog Democrats, the last time a Democrat crossed Pelosi, Gabby Giffords got shot by a Democrat from a political machine family. That was Heath Shuler’s cue to exit right!
” - - - Joe Garcia (D-FL) is one of the other Democrats who joined Maffei and voted to delay the Obamacare mandates:
“People don’t come to Washington to be Democrats or Republicans—in life I’ve always find there are two ways to do things… it’s the right way or the wrong way, and I vote for the right way,” Garcia said. “I respect them making points, but I’m not going to make points, I’m going to make good law.” - - - -”
FINALLY, the Commie Obamanation has two defectors. Welcome to America!
Maybe some of the newbie dims are actually concerned about the younger generations, instead of the old, old, old users like Pelosi and McSane who just want to use them to pad their own fat pocketbooks.
Sure looks that way.
All things move in cycles.
The big cycle that we are in now began in 1912 with the formation of the Federal Bureau of Education.
Control of textbooks, Federal Highway money and a Liberal Court System have been essential to the indoctrination of voters into believing that Government is good, but Liberal Government is GREAT!
Approval of Federal Aid to Education with JFK and MLK/LBJ’s “Great Society” added greed to the generations of valid voters who had been getting “free stuff” from Uncle Sugar, witness the School Lunch Program, Student “Loans,” etc.
Now The Federal Cash Cow has been milked dry, but those who live on the River DeNile in Washington DC just charge 40 % of the money that they create out of thin air to YOUR Grandchildren’s descendants.
These two Democrats want to be re-elected by your Grandchildren, and thus the cycle begins SLOWLY to turn away from broke Uncle Sugar.
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