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The House has approved Speaker Nancy Pelosi's health-care bill by a vote of 220 to 215. A total of 39 Democrats opposed the measure. One Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana, voted for the measure
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DC Deadbeats
Nov 7, 2009
I am a registered Independent. I have always tried to vote for the best candidates regardless of which political party they belonged to. As of tonight, I will never vote for a Democrat again. God, I've never been so disgusted to be an American in my entire life.
Guy Jones
Nov 7, 2009
@DC Deadbeats
As a Libertarian, I share your frustration. I've been wading through the 1,900 page bill. I'm up to page 300 thus far. Everything in it is hideously worded, a Kafkaesque melange of bureaucracy, giveaways, new taxes, etc. Of course, no common sense ideas like tort reform or interstate healthcare plan competition. The U.S. needs a new revolution now, as much as the one that occurred in 1775.
Guy Jones
Nov 7, 2009
Except that this revolution should be geared against the entrenched, career politicians in Congress who, irrespective of their professed motives, are committed to miring this country further in debt than it already is, to acting as though the U.S. Constitution doesn't even exist, and generally committing to turn the U.S. into a paternalistic welfare state where citizens can and do in fact expect the federal government to solve their problems.
Rick
Nov 7, 2009
It goes to show that we no longer have a representative republic, but just an elitist and tyrannical Pelosi Politburo.
I have never been as disgusted with the American federal government as I am now. Jefferson had it right about spilling the blood of tyrants. It just may come to that.
DIck Nixon
Nov 7, 2009
The interesting thing to think about is that the Founders were generally brilliant in terms of formulating the division between the power of the federal government and those reserved to the states, and articulating the same in a framework that has served this country well, until this recent socialist coup engineered by Obama. When politicians don't care about the limits imposed by the U.S. Constitution, you have a fundamental problem.
mscookie
Nov 7, 2009
perhaps this event will permanently get real americans engaged in politics. we got here by decades of populace disinterest thus allowing the weeds of liberal ideology to proliferate. the "trust bubble" has burst and hopefully it won't come back in our lifetime.
ggordon
Nov 8, 2009
...so 96% of Americans will be covered by insurance. Does that make 12 million people a new criminal class? Fines and jail time are in the bill.
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