Louisiana Republican Breaks Ranks on Health Bill
New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 11:27 am ETRepresentative Anh Cao, a freshman Republican from New Orleans, voted for the bill, citing the needs of his constituents.
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Representative Anh Cao, a freshman Republican from New Orleans, voted for the bill, citing the needs of his constituents.
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On its trek across the nation the Patients First Hands Off My Health Care bus was in Louisiana earlier this week and made a stop in St. Tammany Monday morning.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (R) of Louisiana must not have gotten the message from House Republicans that no one in the GOP caucus - repeat no one - would vote with Democrats on a sweeping overhaul of the US health-care system. In a vote late Saturday night, Representative Cao - a vulnerable freshman in a Democratic district still devastated by hurricane Katrina - broke ranks, casting the ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi trumpeted the Democratic victory last Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, in New York 's Twenty-Third Congressional District as a sign that Health Care Reform and the current trend of Pres. Obama's agenda enjoyed wide centrist support.
In victory for Hill Democrats, historic legislation is approved by vote of 220 to 215; Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana is the sole Republican supporter.
The Louisiana congressman hands Democrats their only Republican vote on health care reform.
What's Your Reaction? One Republican lawmaker out of 177 crossed party lines to support the health care reform legislation offered by Democrats. Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, the Louisiana Republican who hails from a decidedly Democratic New Orleans district, voted yea on the final passage of legislation.
As the House moves closer to a showdown vote on health care overhaul, Reps. Anh "Joseph" Cao , R-New Orleans, and Charlie Melancon , D-Napoleonville, continue to raise concerns about the Democratic bill, raising the possibility that the measure won't get a single Louisiana vote on that side of Congress.
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