House Republicans plan to vote unanimously against health-care measure
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 7th, 2009 5:34 am by HL
House Republicans plan to vote unanimously against health-care measure
The 177 Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to unanimously oppose health-care legislation that would constitute the biggest expansion of insurance to Americans in decades, illustrating the huge divide that remains between the two parties on key issues and setting up a major debate in…
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