“Dems Round Up Health Bill Vote”
1. This past Friday, who were the Dems threatening to vote against the measure? What was the interest group, according to the article, who put some pressure on them?
2. While this was not an example of supporting each other’s bills, within this one bill, what would we call the process whereby the pro-abortion Dems accepted the pro-life Dems’ viewpoint
3. How many seats to the Dems have, who is the speaker, her party, how many votes do you need for passage out of the House?
4. What committee decided the rules for the debate on the House floor?
5. What was Pelosi’s vote on the abortion question? Why?
6. What did Obama do recently to push passage of the bill through the House?
7. Where are most of the 20 nos from?
“The House Passes Health Care Bill”
8. How much did Moran (or Connelly if he is your congressman) get from the insurance industry” Roughly where did this place them on the yes votes?
9. What are two conclusions you can make using the chart?
Democrats Who Voted Against the bill
10. What conclusions can you make about the Dems who voted against the House bill
11. What was the vote in the House?
12. What is Lieberman threatening to do in the Senate? Why?
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13. What do we call amendments unrelated to a bill that might be brought up in the Senate? What are two examples of such amendments?
14. Why has Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) decided not to stay with the Democrats in the Senate?