The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov 9, 2009
THE BIG CONVERSATION:
With 220 approving U.S. House votes down and the U.S. Senate to go, healthcare reform is now closer to becoming a reality — but that’s no easy hurdle ahead.
In the U.S. House of Representatives, the Texas delegation split almost entirely along party lines — Democrats for, Republicans against — in Saturday’s vote approving healthcare reform. There was one exception: U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, voted against it.
“Given the huge federal deficits facing our nation, I believe there is too much new spending in this bill,” Edwards said in a statement. “I am ...
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ravenshroud
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And, healthcare reformers certainly shouldn’t expect any help from the Senators from Texas.
Believe me, we gave up long ago on any help coming from Texas government officials. The party of no help for anyone not already wealthy will continue to misundereducate the citizens of Texas until they piss off enough mionorities to lose power FOREVER.
I think I will start and adopt a Mexican mission just for that purpose.