Blue Dogs party as planned
The Huffington Post’s Arthur Delaney reports that canceled health care hearings this week cleared the calendar for Blue Dogs to fundraise as planned:
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce was supposed to be the third leg supporting health care reform legislation already approved by two other House committees. Instead, this week it’s become more of a fifth wheel. The committee’s markup sessions for Tuesday and Wednesday have been canceled in the face of opposition to the bill from the panel’s conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats.
So Monday’s markup may have lasted past midnight, but on Tuesday evening the committee’s Blue Dogs were free to party, and party they did! Reps. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah) feted fellow Blue Dog Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Northwest Washington from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Ross is the lead Blue Dog on health care reform.
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TW said...
I’m speechless. Thank you for shining a light on these shenanigans, i dearly hope their constituents can somehow awaken in them a sense of shame & embarrassment that they’re working harder to raise money than to do the job they were elected to perform.
Comment posted: Jul 24, 2009 at 12:57 pmBLEE said...
I sure hope these people who were elected by the people think it is more important to party than do the work of healthcare for the people remember who put them in the job they have because they better not take it for granted.
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