Map of Blue Dog districts.
The Blue Dog Coalition may block the Democrat's plan to raise taxes and spend over a trillion dollars, in the first ten years, on a health care reform plan that would actually raise costs. Currently, the Democrats pushing health care reform are very short of votes on the vital Energy and Commerce Committee.
From NASDAQ:
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of fiscally conservative House Democrats, said Wednesday a House plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system is losing support and will be stuck in committee without changes.
"Last time I checked, it takes seven Democrats to stop a bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee," Ross told reporters after a House vote. "We had seven against it last Friday; we have 10 today."
Three House committees are slated to begin considering the $1 trillion-plus bill this week, but the Energy and Commerce looms as the biggest challenge. That's because it counts among its 36 Democratic members seven members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a fiscally conservative bloc that is opposing the House Democrats' effort.
1 comment:
These are the people that the pressure needs to be placed on. I hope people like Congressman Mike Ross (D-AR) are listening.
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