Thursday, March 4, 2010

Another NO Vote

The below article is from abcnews.com. Nevadans should contact Shelley Berkley and let her know that we want a NO vote from her.

"In today's New York Times, Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., a Yes vote last November, expressed a hesitation to vote Yes this time.

"The reason? She's unconvinced that the Senate will pass the "fixes" to the Senate bill that the House is being asked to vote for (along with fixes), and she's not crazy about the Senate bill without them.

"'I am not inclined to support the Senate version,' Berkley said. 'I would like something more concrete than a promise. The Senate cannot promise its way out of a brown paper bag.'

"As we’ve previously covered, 220 members of Congress voted for the bill when Pelosi brought the House legislation to a vote.

"Since then, four yes votes are no more: Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, R-Louisiana, has said he won’t vote for final passage, Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hi., retired to run for governor, Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., also retired, and Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., died.

"That means to pass the Senate bill, Pelosi starts out with 216 members of Congress who votes yes last time. With the pending retirement of Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., there will soon be only 431 members of Congress total, meaning a majority will be 216 votes."

- jpt

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