Tuesday
Oct132009
Senate Finance Committee Approves Baucus Bill With 14-9 Vote
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 3:08PM
Travis Martinez, University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Sevice
The Senate Finance Committee approved the America’s Healthy Future Act Tuesday with a 14-9 vote.
The legislation’s sole Republican vote came from Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine.), who has been pursued heavily by Democrats as a possible ally.
All Democrats on the committee voted in favor of the bill, including Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), who had previously expressed reservations with the bill.
“There is no way in its present form that I will vote for it, unless during the amendment process it is changed in vast amounts,” Rockefeller said mid-September.
The Senate Finance Committee approved the America’s Healthy Future Act Tuesday with a 14-9 vote.
The legislation’s sole Republican vote came from Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine.), who has been pursued heavily by Democrats as a possible ally.
All Democrats on the committee voted in favor of the bill, including Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), who had previously expressed reservations with the bill.
“There is no way in its present form that I will vote for it, unless during the amendment process it is changed in vast amounts,” Rockefeller said mid-September.