Support for a move in the U.S. House to hold a re-vote on "Obamacare," the president's law nationalizing health-care decisions, has surged, with 16 new supporters signing on in the few days since WND first reported on the plan by U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.
WND reported last week on the measure that holds the possibility of a new vote, even if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime advocate of a nationalized health-care system, doesn't want it.
At that point, the discharge petition had the support of 109 members of the House, exactly half the minimum it would need to advance.
Its target is the $940 billion, or greater, bill adopted by the Democrat-controlled Congress in March. As of today, as the measure closes in on being a month old, another 16 signatures have been added, giving the effort the support of 125 members of the House.
The new names in support are:
1. Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois
2. Michael T. McCaul, Texas
3. Thaddeus G. McCotter, Michigan
4. Robert J. Wittman, Virginia
5. Lamar Smith, Texas
6. Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming
7. Wally Herger, California
8. Vern Buchanan, Florida
9. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey
10. Geoff Davis, Kentucky
11. Jack Kingston, Georgia
12. Brian P. Bilbray, California
13. Zach Wamp, Tennessee
14. Jerry Lewis, California
15. Erik Paulsen, Minnesota
16. Roy Blunt, Missouri
Advocates say constituents need to call their representatives to tell them to get on board right away so that the petition is positioned to move forward whether or not the GOP becomes the majority in the House after the 2010 fall elections.
4 comments:
Not the way a democracy works. I would suggest these folks read the Constitution.
De-fund the bill when Dems lose control of Congress and repeal it when Obama loses in 2012 !
Lets do the same for the medicare drug program which we cannot afford.
They won't have the votes to over-ride Obama's veto. If they want it repealed then they will need to secure a republican president in 2012 and gain control of the house and senate. This cannot happen before the presidential election.
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