Friday, March 19, 2010
Pete Session says no to 173,000 constituents
Despite representing districts where at least one-in-four constituents lack health insurance, 14 members of Congress plan to oppose the health care reform bill in the House. The group is dominated by Republican lawmakers from Florida and Texas, some of whom have more than 30% uninsured in their areas. The national average is 15-16%.
Seven GOP representatives from Florida and five from Texas will not back the reform measure, according to information collected by The Washington Post. The remaining opponents are Democrats David Boren from Oklahoma and Harry Teague of New Mexico.
Pete Sessions, who represents a Dallas-area district with more than 35 % uninsured, opposes the bill despite the fact that an estimated 173,000 uninsured people in his district would gain coverage.
The 14 opponents, along the percentage of uninsured in their districts, are:
Pete Sessions (R-TX) 35.7%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) 32.7%
Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart (R-FL) 31.3%
Lincoln Rafael Diaz-Balart (R-FL) 31.3%
David Boren (D-OK) 29.3%
Thomas Rooney (R-FL) 27.1%
Michael Conaway (R-TX) 27%
Vernon Buchanan (R-FL) 26.2%
Connie Mack (R-FL) 26.1%
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) 25.8%
Kay Granger (R-TX) 25.7%
Louis Buller Gohmert (R-TX) 25.5%
Bill Posey (R-FL) 25%
Harry Teague (D-NM) 25%.
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
Who’s in Play: House Health-Care Vote (Washington Post)
Pete Sessions, GOP Point Manin Fighting Health Bill, Leads Party in Rate of Constituents without Coverage (by Dave Michaels, Dallas Morning News)
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