HOUSE PASSES MEDICARE DRUG BILL

fox news ^ | Nov 23, 2003

[RobFromGa]

WASHINGTON

[ClintonBeGone]

Lyndon B. Bush

Same state.

[ClintonBeGone]

I am wondering how they could hold the vote open for 2 hours and 50 minutes until they got enough Republicans to change their vote?

Congressional rules are meant to be waived.

[ClintonBeGone]

How does the future privatizaton fit in here?

It's been watered down to a 6 state or city 'demonstration' project which isn't scheduled to start until 2010 I believe.

[NittanyLion]

The Democrats are against it because:

1. It isn't enough government expansion for them, and
2. It's an opportunity to grandstand by telling seniors that the greedy GOP will only steal $400 billion to pay for their drugs, while the Dems will steal far more

Make no mistake. There is no redeeming quality in this bill.

[NittanyLion]

As I have noted elsewhere, even the loyal Bushbots seem absent in the rationalizations on this monstrosity.

This bill is so damaging, there's simply no way to spin it in a positive light. Therefore, they'll simply avoid it altogether...

[FITZ]

Medicare legislation moving through Congress would give hospitals at least $1 billion over the next four years to cover the spiraling costs of providing emergency services for undocumented immigrants.

And the people coming in from Mexico for their free health care don't even need to be older --- this Medicare money is to include children, labor and delivery, injuries they suffered in Mexico --- and the $1 billion is just for the emergency room care --- they still need treatment and rehab after the emergency part is over.

[davidosborne]

H R 1 YEA-AND-NAY 22-NOV-2003 5:53 AM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Conference Report
BILL TITLE: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act


YEAS NAYS PRES NV
REPUBLICAN 204 25
DEMOCRATIC 16 189
INDEPENDENT 1
TOTALS 220 215



--- YEAS 220 ---
Aderholt Gilchrest Ose
Alexander Gillmor Otter
Bachus Gingrey Oxley
Baker Goode Pearce
Ballenger Goodlatte Peterson (MN)
Bartlett (MD) Goss Peterson (PA)
Barton (TX) Granger Petri
Bass Graves Pickering
Beauprez Green (WI) Pitts
Bereuter Greenwood Platts
Biggert Hall Pombo
Bilirakis Harris Pomeroy
Bishop (UT) Hart Porter
Blackburn Hastert Portman
Blunt Hastings (WA) Pryce (OH)
Boehlert Hayes Putnam
Boehner Hayworth Quinn
Bonilla Hefley Radanovich
Bonner Hensarling Ramstad
Bono Herger Regula
Boozman Hobson Rehberg
Boucher Hoekstra Renzi
Boyd Houghton Reynolds
Bradley (NH) Hulshof Rogers (AL)
Brady (TX) Hunter Rogers (KY)
Brown (SC) Hyde Rogers (MI)
Brown-Waite, Ginny Isakson Rohrabacher
Burgess Issa Ros-Lehtinen
Burns Istook Royce
Burr Janklow Ryan (WI)
Buyer Jenkins Saxton
Calvert John Schrock
Camp Johnson (CT) Scott (GA)
Cannon Johnson (IL) Sensenbrenner
Cantor Johnson, Sam Sessions
Capito Keller Shaw
Carson (OK) Kelly Shays
Carter Kennedy (MN) Sherwood
Castle King (IA) Shimkus
Chocola King (NY) Shuster
Coble Kingston Simmons
Cole Kirk Simpson
Collins Kline Smith (NJ)
Cox Knollenberg Smith (TX)
Cramer Kolbe Souder
Crane LaHood Stearns
Crenshaw Latham Stenholm
Cubin LaTourette Sullivan
Cunningham Leach Sweeney
Davis (TN) Lewis (CA) Tauzin
Davis, Jo Ann Lewis (KY) Taylor (NC)
Davis, Tom Linder Terry
Deal (GA) LoBiondo Thomas
DeLay Lucas (OK) Thornberry
Diaz-Balart, L. Manzullo Tiahrt
Diaz-Balart, M. Marshall Tiberi
Dooley (CA) Matheson Turner (OH)
Doolittle McCotter Upton
Dreier McCrery Vitter
Duncan McHugh Walden (OR)
Dunn McInnis Walsh
Ehlers McKeon Weldon (FL)
English Mica Weldon (PA)
Everett Miller (MI) Weller
Ferguson Miller, Gary Whitfield
Fletcher Murphy Wicker
Foley Myrick Wilson (NM)
Forbes Nethercutt Wilson (SC)
Fossella Neugebauer Wolf
Franks (AZ) Ney Wu
Frelinghuysen Northup Young (AK)
Gallegly Nunes Young (FL)
Gerlach Nussle
Gibbons Osborne

--- NAYS 215 ---
Abercrombie Grijalva Neal (MA)
Ackerman Gutierrez Norwood
Akin Gutknecht Oberstar
Allen Harman Obey
Andrews Hastings (FL) Olver
Baca Hill Ortiz
Baird Hinchey Owens
Baldwin Hinojosa Pallone
Ballance Hoeffel Pascrell
Barrett (SC) Holden Pastor
Becerra Holt Paul
Bell Honda Payne
Berkley Hooley (OR) Pelosi
Berman Hostettler Pence
Berry Hoyer Price (NC)
Bishop (GA) Inslee Rahall
Bishop (NY) Israel Rangel
Blumenauer Jackson (IL) Reyes
Boswell Jackson-Lee (TX) Rodriguez
Brady (PA) Jefferson Ross
Brown (OH) Johnson, E. B. Rothman
Brown, Corrine Jones (NC) Roybal-Allard
Burton (IN) Jones (OH) Ruppersberger
Capps Kanjorski Rush
Capuano Kaptur Ryan (OH)
Cardin Kennedy (RI) Ryun (KS)
Cardoza Kildee Sabo
Carson (IN) Kilpatrick Sanchez, Linda T.
Case Kind Sanchez, Loretta
Chabot Kleczka Sanders
Clay Kucinich Sandlin
Clyburn Lampson Schakowsky
Conyers Langevin Schiff
Cooper Lantos Scott (VA)
Costello Larsen (WA) Serrano
Crowley Larson (CT) Shadegg
Culberson Lee Sherman
Cummings Levin Skelton
Davis (AL) Lewis (GA) Slaughter
Davis (CA) Lipinski Smith (MI)
Davis (FL) Lofgren Smith (WA)
Davis (IL) Lowey Snyder
DeFazio Lucas (KY) Solis
DeGette Lynch Spratt
Delahunt Majette Stark
DeLauro Maloney Strickland
DeMint Markey Stupak
Deutsch Matsui Tancredo
Dicks McCarthy (MO) Tanner
Dingell McCarthy (NY) Tauscher
Doggett McCollum Taylor (MS)
Doyle McDermott Thompson (CA)
Edwards McGovern Thompson (MS)
Emanuel McIntyre Tierney
Emerson McNulty Toomey
Engel Meehan Towns
Eshoo Meek (FL) Turner (TX)
Etheridge Meeks (NY) Udall (CO)
Evans Menendez Udall (NM)
Farr Michaud Van Hollen
Fattah Millender-McDonald Velazquez
Feeney Miller (FL) Visclosky
Filner Miller (NC) Wamp
Flake Miller, George Waters
Ford Mollohan Watson
Frank (MA) Moore Watt
Frost Moran (KS) Waxman
Garrett (NJ) Moran (VA) Weiner
Gephardt Murtha Wexler
Gonzalez Musgrave Woolsey
Gordon Nadler Wynn
Green (TX) Napolitano

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[NittanyLion]

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 669(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 1     YEA-AND-NAY     22-NOV-2003   5:53 AM
      QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Conference Report
      BILL TITLE:  Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act

	YEAS	NAYS	PRES	NV
REPUBLICAN	204	25
DEMOCRATIC	16	189
INDEPENDENT		1
TOTALS	220	215

--- YEAS    220 ---

Aderholt	Gilchrest	Ose
Alexander	Gillmor	Otter
Bachus	Gingrey	Oxley
Baker	Goode	Pearce
Ballenger	Goodlatte	Peterson (MN)
Bartlett (MD)	Goss	Peterson (PA)
Barton (TX)	Granger	Petri
Bass	Graves	Pickering
Beauprez	Green (WI)	Pitts
Bereuter	Greenwood	Platts
Biggert	Hall	Pombo
Bilirakis	Harris	Pomeroy
Bishop (UT)	Hart	Porter
Blackburn	Hastert	Portman
Blunt	Hastings (WA)	Pryce (OH)
Boehlert	Hayes	Putnam
Boehner	Hayworth	Quinn
Bonilla	Hefley	Radanovich
Bonner	Hensarling	Ramstad
Bono	Herger	Regula
Boozman	Hobson	Rehberg
Boucher	Hoekstra	Renzi
Boyd	Houghton	Reynolds
Bradley (NH)	Hulshof	Rogers (AL)
Brady (TX)	Hunter	Rogers (KY)
Brown (SC)	Hyde	Rogers (MI)
Brown-Waite, Ginny	Isakson	Rohrabacher
Burgess	Issa	Ros-Lehtinen
Burns	Istook	Royce
Burr	Janklow	Ryan (WI)
Buyer	Jenkins	Saxton
Calvert	John	Schrock
Camp	Johnson (CT)	Scott (GA)
Cannon	Johnson (IL)	Sensenbrenner
Cantor	Johnson, Sam	Sessions
Capito	Keller	Shaw
Carson (OK)	Kelly	Shays
Carter	Kennedy (MN)	Sherwood
Castle	King (IA)	Shimkus
Chocola	King (NY)	Shuster
Coble	Kingston	Simmons
Cole	Kirk	Simpson
Collins	Kline	Smith (NJ)
Cox	Knollenberg	Smith (TX)
Cramer	Kolbe	Souder
Crane	LaHood	Stearns
Crenshaw	Latham	Stenholm
Cubin	LaTourette	Sullivan
Cunningham	Leach	Sweeney
Davis (TN)	Lewis (CA)	Tauzin
Davis, Jo Ann	Lewis (KY)	Taylor (NC)
Davis, Tom	Linder	Terry
Deal (GA)	LoBiondo	Thomas
DeLay	Lucas (OK)	Thornberry
Diaz-Balart, L.	Manzullo	Tiahrt
Diaz-Balart, M.	Marshall	Tiberi
Dooley (CA)	Matheson	Turner (OH)
Doolittle	McCotter	Upton
Dreier	McCrery	Vitter
Duncan	McHugh	Walden (OR)
Dunn	McInnis	Walsh
Ehlers	McKeon	Weldon (FL)
English	Mica	Weldon (PA)
Everett	Miller (MI)	Weller
Ferguson	Miller, Gary	Whitfield
Fletcher	Murphy	Wicker
Foley	Myrick	Wilson (NM)
Forbes	Nethercutt	Wilson (SC)
Fossella	Neugebauer	Wolf
Franks (AZ)	Ney	Wu
Frelinghuysen	Northup	Young (AK)
Gallegly	Nunes	Young (FL)
Gerlach	Nussle
Gibbons	Osborne

--- NAYS    215 ---

Abercrombie	Grijalva	Neal (MA)
Ackerman	Gutierrez	Norwood
Akin	Gutknecht	Oberstar
Allen	Harman	Obey
Andrews	Hastings (FL)	Olver
Baca	Hill	Ortiz
Baird	Hinchey	Owens
Baldwin	Hinojosa	Pallone
Ballance	Hoeffel	Pascrell
Barrett (SC)	Holden	Pastor
Becerra	Holt	Paul
Bell	Honda	Payne
Berkley	Hooley (OR)	Pelosi
Berman	Hostettler	Pence
Berry	Hoyer	Price (NC)
Bishop (GA)	Inslee	Rahall
Bishop (NY)	Israel	Rangel
Blumenauer	Jackson (IL)	Reyes
Boswell	Jackson-Lee (TX)	Rodriguez
Brady (PA)	Jefferson	Ross
Brown (OH)	Johnson, E. B.	Rothman
Brown, Corrine	Jones (NC)	Roybal-Allard
Burton (IN)	Jones (OH)	Ruppersberger
Capps	Kanjorski	Rush
Capuano	Kaptur	Ryan (OH)
Cardin	Kennedy (RI)	Ryun (KS)
Cardoza	Kildee	Sabo
Carson (IN)	Kilpatrick	Sanchez, Linda T.
Case	Kind	Sanchez, Loretta
Chabot	Kleczka	Sanders
Clay	Kucinich	Sandlin
Clyburn	Lampson	Schakowsky
Conyers	Langevin	Schiff
Cooper	Lantos	Scott (VA)
Costello	Larsen (WA)	Serrano
Crowley	Larson (CT)	Shadegg
Culberson	Lee	Sherman
Cummings	Levin	Skelton
Davis (AL)	Lewis (GA)	Slaughter
Davis (CA)	Lipinski	Smith (MI)
Davis (FL)	Lofgren	Smith (WA)
Davis (IL)	Lowey	Snyder
DeFazio	Lucas (KY)	Solis
DeGette	Lynch	Spratt
Delahunt	Majette	Stark
DeLauro	Maloney	Strickland
DeMint	Markey	Stupak
Deutsch	Matsui	Tancredo
Dicks	McCarthy (MO)	Tanner
Dingell	McCarthy (NY)	Tauscher
Doggett	McCollum	Taylor (MS)
Doyle	McDermott	Thompson (CA)
Edwards	McGovern	Thompson (MS)
Emanuel	McIntyre	Tierney
Emerson	McNulty	Toomey
Engel	Meehan	Towns
Eshoo	Meek (FL)	Turner (TX)
Etheridge	Meeks (NY)	Udall (CO)
Evans	Menendez	Udall (NM)
Farr	Michaud	Van Hollen
Fattah	Millender-McDonald	Velazquez
Feeney	Miller (FL)	Visclosky
Filner	Miller (NC)	Wamp
Flake	Miller, George	Waters
Ford	Mollohan	Watson
Frank (MA)	Moore	Watt
Frost	Moran (KS)	Waxman
Garrett (NJ)	Moran (VA)	Weiner
Gephardt	Murtha	Wexler
Gonzalez	Musgrave	Woolsey
Gordon	Nadler	Wynn
Green (TX)	Napolitano

---

[Geezerette]

... count on the dems to save us ...

My thoughts exactly!!!

g

[NittanyLion]

Nice to see that Specter-opponent Pat Toomey voted against this abomination.

[cgk]

But House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said seniors know that her party gave birth to Medicare during the Great Society,

Pride in giving birth among the Democrats? I never thought I'd see this day!

[mo]

this will pass...Dubya thinks he needs this more than a conservative judiciary..if you get my drift..

[Geezerette]

Yes! There is an entire thread on the $1 billion for ILLEGAL ALIEN medical care!! Keep reminding the threads of this!!

I am so ashamed of AZ's Jon Kyl for authoring this part of that monstrosity!

g in AZ

[kayak]

Perhaps the idea of Bushbots who blindly rubber-stamp any and everything the President says and does is just a myth perpetuated by those who hardly approve of anything the President does at all.

Just because some people will vigorously defend President Bush on some issues (and his overall character and integrity) doesn't mean that they don't disagree with his stance on other matters.

But I doubt that the anti-Bushes will take note of this ... or remember it later. It punctures holes in their mythology.

[OldFriend]

Let's not misunderestimate Dubya. This is the perfect set up for the dems to filibuster.... AGAIN!

[Reagan Renaissance]

When Republicans expand socialism, what does it matter who controls the House? When Republicans steal freedom or property, what does it matter who controls the House?

If this becomes law, I will not be voting for Republicans or Democrats. Socialism is unconstitutional. I will not vote for politicians who support the unconstitutional taking of freedom or property. Neither should you.

[NittanyLion]

Let's not misunderestimate Dubya. This is the perfect set up for the dems to filibuster.... AGAIN

The Democrats will grumble and complain that this is the best they can do, and it's better than nothing. They'll tell seniors that had they been in power this bill would be far larger, and blame the GOP for their stinginess. We'll have zero political benefit from this, because the Dems will always promise to outspend the GOP. But a little more money will be stolen from me every paycheck, thanks to the Republican Party.

[bert]

Yesterday a Fox bimbo (as oppposed to the beautiful and talented Molly ) repeatedly said Mr bush and Prime Minister Blair in the same sentence several times.

[bert]

....he creates a whole new bureaucracy with the "Office of Homeland Security.....

This is not a true statement. What was actually accomplished was the amalgamation of existing bureaucracies and the potential for rif ing redundant workers. Recall if you will that the Rats fought tooth and nail to support the unions who were going to be hurt as a result.

[expatpat]

All the GOP needs to do is get credit shared, not even 50-50. That muddies the water enough to take that issue away from the Demos -- much like Clinton on law/order with his 1000 cops.