Thursday, July 22, 2010
Politics Yarbro Slaps Henry on Health Care Nullification Vote
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:34 PM
Jeff Yarbro is hitting Sen. Douglas Henry again today for making things up. Trying to hang onto his seat, Henry is working hard to recast himself as a progressive Democrat. First, he tried to claim he's a great environmentalist, even though he's voted with coal companies to pollute our waterways. Then, he presented himself as a champion of women's rights, even though he's been a lifelong opponent of abortion rights. Now, he's claiming he "voted against frivolous attempts to sidestep federal laws" on health care. But as Yarbro pointed out in a press release, Henry was right there with those wacky Republicans voting to nullify the federal health care overhaul.
On February 17, Sen. Henry voted “aye” on the merits of SB3498, the original Health Freedom Act, sponsored by Sen. Beavers. On April 12, there was a second opportunity to oppose the legislature’s pointless opposition to health reform, but Sen. Henry merely voted “present” on SJR0897, a statement of intent urging the Attorney General to contest health care reform. On June 3, he voted “aye” on HJR0704, a resolution sponsored by Rep. Lynn, which she described as expressing “opposition to the federal takeover of healthcare.” Sen. Henry also supported that resolution in committee on May 25. Finally, on June 9, the last day of the session, he voted “no” on HB2622, an unprecedented, but ultimately successful, effort by Republicans to bring the Health Freedom Act back to the floor for a vote. On the Senate floor, he expressed opposition to the use of the procedural maneuvering but not to the merits of the bill.
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Oh look, Jeffrey puts out a "press release" and Woods and Braisted do their duty by launching negative attacks. Too bad Jeffrey makes other people do his dirty work for him.
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I don't know what his campaign is trying to say about his immigration-related actions here, but Mr. Henry, while a nice, mannerly gentleman, has not even understood some of my communications to him about immigration-related bills, much less voted for immigration enforcement.
