Joseph Cao, Health Care’s LONE Republican Supporter Is Rep

Joseph Cao, Health Care’s LONE Republican Supporter Is Rep

November 8, 2009 by Umer Rauf   news under US News

Joseph Cao, Health Care's LONE Republican Supporter Is RepOne of the 177 Republicans crossed party lines to support the care of the reform of health legislation offered by Democrats.

Rep. Ánh “Joseph” Cao, Republican of Louisiana, who comes from a strongly Democratic district in New Orleans, voted yes on final passage of the legislation. He joined 219 Democrats to the final margin of 220 to 215 in favor of adoption of the reform.

Cao was a great (and possibly the only) target of Democrats hoping to get even a semblance of bipartisan support for the bill. He said after the vote that he had obtained a commitment of President Obama that he and I will work together to address critical health problems of Louisiana. ”

In the past, Cao has been promoted by Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) as “the future” of the Republican Party. Republicans clearly went the distance to keep in the fold of the health care vote. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who promised protesters rally a party this week that “a republican not vote in favor of this project,” Cao was standing as the historic vote took place.

Bookmark and Share
  • Share/Bookmark


Daily India News

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Comments

Feel free to leave a comment...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!

You must be logged in to post a comment.

india news, breaking news, US news, showbiz news
India daily news, news from India, news of India, India news today

Featuring Recent Posts Wordpress Widget development by YD