Nancy Pelosi has a problem. A bare 220 members of the House voted to pass her health care bill. Only one of those 220 was a Republican–Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)–and he’s since defected. And several of the 219 Democrats, for one reason or another, won’t be there this time around. Reps. Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) have abdicated their seats. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) passed away. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) has promised to bolt over the Senate health care bill’s abortion provision, which he views as too lenient, and he’s promised to bring other pro-life Dems with him.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=129896