Health-Care Bill May Not Get Single GOP Vote in the House

[tonysam]

The House is inching closer to voting on a comprehensive health-care bill, even as the chamber appears so divided that the measure may not attract a single Republican supporter.

The final vote, likely in late October, is impossible to predict, but lawmakers and aides from both parties said this week that there is a strong chance the GOP will be unanimous in its opposition. Such a result would mark the second time -- the first came on the economic stimulus package in February -- that the entire House minority rejected one of President Obama's top domestic initiatives.

"We're still hoping that some of them will come on board, but we see no sign of it," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), a member of the Democratic leadership


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Not that anybody is really surprised here. We know the GOP is on the take. We expect better from Democrats.

[tonysam]

1. Kick n/t

[DireStrike]

2. I should hope not

Something would have to be devastatingly wrong with the bill for it to have any republican support.

[MrModerate]

3. Fine. Fuck 'em. Let the world know where they stand. n/t

[jeffbr]

4. Duh

It was a waste of time talking to them at all.

[gratuitous]

5. The perfect bill!

Let's enact it without a single Republican vote. They can be on the wrong side of history. Again.

[Davis_X_Machina]

6. Expect 12-18 no votes from Democrats as well...

...and not all from Blue Dogs, either.

[msongs]

7. all the more reason to pass true insurance reform instead of corporte welfare nt

[backscatter712]

8. Paging Louis Renault...

[tonysam]

9. Another kick

[Unrepentant Fenian]

10. So what? We don't need them. Screw the Conservitards.