{"id":696947,"date":"2010-03-21T13:56:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T17:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=74314"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:37:09","slug":"foster-yes-tanner-no-208-208-update-lincoln-davis-no-208-209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/696947","title":{"rendered":"Foster Yes, Tanner No: 208-208 UPDATE: Lincoln Davis, No 208-209"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo: Leo Reynolds via Flickr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While we\u2019re waiting on Bart Stupak, the only remaining obstacle, a couple updates:<\/p>\n

Bill Foster will vote yes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter thorough consideration, I have decided to support the health insurance reform legislation because it eliminates pre-existing conditions, protects and strengthens Medicare and will significantly reduce the deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years. While the Senate bill itself is not perfect, many important improvements have been made so that the overall package is one that I can support.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

John Tanner will vote no<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe reconciliation bill the House is being asked to consider is a tribute to the legislative process, because it has improved the Senate bill and the House bill. For these improvements, I commend the White House and House leaders for bringing this bill toward the center, where the vast majority of Americans find themselves aligned ideologically.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter thorough and careful review of the legislation, I am unconvinced that the long-term trend of rising health care costs is adequately addressed and am therefore unable to support the legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That puts us at 208-208. It really comes down to the Stupak bloc.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Lincoln Davis, who voted no last time, is also reportedly a No. That would make it 208-209 with 5 true undecideds. That makes the Stupak bloc, as ever, determinative.<\/p>\n

Numbers after the jump…<\/p>\n

Tags: Bart Supak<\/a>, Bill Foster<\/a>, Health care<\/a>, John Tanner<\/a>, whip count<\/a><\/p>\n

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photo: Leo Reynolds via Flickr While we\u2019re waiting on Bart Stupak, the only remaining obstacle, a couple updates: Bill Foster will vote yes. \u201cAfter thorough consideration, I have decided to support the health insurance reform legislation because it eliminates pre-existing conditions, protects and strengthens Medicare and will significantly reduce the deficit by $1.3 trillion over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2824,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Vj5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798378,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696947\/revisions\/798378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}