Four Democratic Representatives: Ben Chandler of Kentucky, Luiz Gutierrez of Illinois, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin of South Dakota and Heath Shuler of North Carolina have come out and said that they will not be voting for the health care bill. Currently all of the republicans are opposed to the bill and in order for the bill to not be passed they need 38 democrats to vote against it. Of the 39 democrats that voted against the House plan only 14 have remained against the bill whereas the others are uncommited or have not replied. A total of 216 votes are needed to pass the bill. Right now it looks like its going to be close.
I find it interesting that sometimes it its neccesary for the parties to cross over and side with the other party. I like that not everyone has the same views in one party and so there is that cross over when it comes down to voting upon different policies and bills. I feel that the voting in this final step for the bill will be a close one and should be very interesting to watch.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/12/democrats.against.health.care/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+(RSS%3A+Top+Stories)
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