Vote on health care bill set for Sunday

The health care vote will likely take place on Sunday. Image from Wikimedia Commons.

The fight over the health care bill in the House of Representatives continues, and the bill is set for a vote on Sunday. The current bill was sent to the House by the Senate, and the House will require 216 votes in order to pass it, and that is what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) is gunning for. Ohio Rep. John Boccieri (D) has crossed the aisle and pledged to vote for the bill. House and Senate Republicans are bound and determined to keep the bill from passing either house, despite CBO estimates that the bill will save a lot of payday cash for consumers and the government alike.

John Boccieri says 'Yes' to health care bill

A freshman legislator, Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH) has, according to the Washington Post, decided to support the legislation and vote in favor of the health care bill in order to pass it through the House and send it back to the Senate.  If the bill clears the Senate without further alteration, it will be sent to the president.

Falling into line

Several other House Democrats who had previously held the bill in dubious esteem, including Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Betsy Markely (D-CO), and Bart Gordon (D-TN) have recently also committed to voting for the bill. The bill has likely appeared more palatable because of recent Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill, with a price tag of more than $940 billion - that's a heck of a cash advance - will trim up to $138 billion from the deficit over the next 10 years. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Vote on health care bill set for Sunday"