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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

POMEROY: NO GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

A press release from the office of Representative Dean Heller (R Nevada) states:

(Washington, DC) – Today U.S. Congressman Dean Heller (R-NV) offered an amendment to the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200) during the House Ways and Means Committee markup that would require members of Congress enroll in the government-run healthcare program.  This amendment was defeated by a vote of 21 to 18.

As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Earl Pomeroy voted to defeat this Heller amendment. Why would he do that? He tells us he can not support H.R. 3200 because it would effect reimbursement of N.D. hospitals why would he not help to kill the bill he says he does not support? Does he not want to be forced off of his outstanding, privately managed health care plan? What is going on here?

How did he vote on some of the other amendments to H.R. 3200?

• Rejected 25-15 an amendment from Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that would have eliminated the public plan option;

• Rejected 22-19 amendment from Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) that would have prevented providers from being forced to participate in the public plan;

• Rejected 21-19 an amendment from Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) that would have based payment rates on the private market, rather than on Medicare;

• Rejected 26-15 an amendment by Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.) that would have prevented comparative effectiveness research from being used to deny care based on cost.

It seems quite difficult to obtain the specific language of the amendments and/or the roll call of who voted how for these markup committee votes but I am sure that someone on Representative Pomeroy’s staff must have all of the information.

Is it possible that what the North Dakota media tells or more importantly DOES NOT tell you about what Earl is doing in Washington D.C., in between traveling around N.D. using money confiscated from other taxpayers (or borrowed from their children) to pose for photo-ops handing out giant checks for this Federally funded boondoggle and that boondoggle as if he was opening his own wallet?

Fighting, fighting, fighting for N.D.? Or FIGHTING for Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanual, Stenny Hoyer, Barney Frank, etc.? Follow the money. ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY.

Who are all of those people from other states that give Earl Pomeroy over 95% of his campaign contributions? Do they know something you do not? Always follow the money. Always

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Comments

Is there a list of his major contributors? Maybe we could find out what special interests they are buying votes for.

cinders on July 23, 2009 at 03:47 pm
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