Henry Cuellar Undecided on Health Care Reform

Activists in the Schertz/Cibolo area of TX 28 put on a demonstration (3.00 / 1)

Tuesday urging Congressman Cuellar to support the health care reform bill and NOT demand Stupak language. Here's a link to media coverage http://herald-zeitung.com/stor...
One correction to the story, we had 42 folks out there not 30.

As long as corporations are people and money is speech, then democracy is a farce.

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by: Blue_in_Guadalupe @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 20:00:09 PM UTC

CNN Ticker: Democrat snubs Obama (0.00 / 0)

Which Democratic Congressman would have the audacity to refuse to return a call from the White House? You guessed it. Henry Cuellar is more concerned about getting re-elected than he is about representing his constituents in one of the poorest districts in the country, in the state that has the nation's highest rate of uninsured residents.

Washington (CNN) - As President Obama holds face-to-face meetings and makes phone calls to House Democrats in a last ditch effort to gain enough support for passage of health care legislation, one fence-sitting lawmaker is refusing to answer a telephone call from the White House.

"If I have to talk to him, I'll talk to him," Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar said begrudgingly of a phone call his office received Wednesday from the White House. But Cuellar told reporters in the Capitol he has so far refused to return the call because he first wants to decide how he'll vote on the health care package. The Texas congressman also acknowledged that it was "White House staff" that placed the call, but he presumes the president wanted to speak to him.

"At the end of the day, when we take a vote, he's not going to be out there supporting me and running my elections," Cuellar said of Obama. "It's going to be up to me to run my election. And it's up to me to decide on my own that this is in the best interests of my district."

Cuellar, who is in his third term, voted in favor of the original House version of health care reform in November, but he has not announced his intentions this time.

The House Blue Dog Caucus needs to expel this jackass.

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by: MarkCamann @ Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 20:10:02 PM UTC

Sorry, botched the link. (0.00 / 0)

Click here to see the CNN Political Ticker article about Cuellar.

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by: MarkCamann @ Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 20:13:52 PM UTC

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I don't care if he returns Obama's call as long as he votes for the bill (0.00 / 0)

Cuellar has been signaling that he is getting close to supporting the bill, with the abortion language acceptable to him, according to the Huffington Post whip count.  I think he will vote the right way in the end.  Keep up the pressure, folks!  I'm far more upset with Chet Edwards's definite no myself.

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by: jfung79 @ Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 20:18:25 PM UTC

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Call, email, fax (3.00 / 1)

You attract many more flies with honey.  If you are in Cuellar, Ortiz, Reyes or any other Dem member's district, call them and say three things -

1. Thank you for already voting for reform, I know it might have been difficult.
2. Please vote one more time for reform this weekend.
3. We got your back.  We'll be there for you, to support you and thank you when you do put your neck out there.

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by: Joe @ Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 20:27:51 PM UTC

Cuellar is now voting yes (5.00 / 1)

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo...

But the Austin American-Statesman said Lloyd Doggett was still undecided as of this morning.

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by: jfung79 @ Sat Mar 20, 2010 at 21:46:59 PM UTC