Boccieri to switch to "yes"; now "no to yes" votes lagging 4 behind "yes to no"

by: Chris Bowers

Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 11:00

Representative John Boccieri just announced at a press conference that he will vote "yes" on the health reform bill.  This is significant, because Boccieri voted "no" back in November.

He becomes the fourth confirmed "no to yes" vote.  However, there are still eight "yes to no" votes, meaning the leadership still needs at least another three Representatives who voted "no" in November.  Here is the running tally:

  1. 8 confirmed "Yes to No" votes: Arcuri, Cao, Costello, Donnelly, Driehaus, Lipinski, Lynch, Stupak

    (Note: even if he is undecided, Cao will never cast the deciding vote in favor.  As such, he should be considered a "Yes to No" for the duration of the vote count)

  2. 4 confirmed "No to Yes" votes: Boccieri, Gordon, Kucinich, Markey

  3. The results in a net of four votes for "Yes to No." That means the leadership needs to pick up three more "no" votes from November to pass the bill
While Boccieri is a step forward, Peter DeFazio has emerged this morning as another November "yes" vote who could flip to "no" this time around.

Rep. Pete Defazio tells @ryangrim he's a NO unless they re-insert geo. disparity fix for Medicare http://bit.ly/dt1rog

What a slog.  One step forward, one step back, lots of Reps looking to get in the headlines by saying they are undecided or about to announce their vote.
Close Window