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jdona


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Story on Congressman Boucher in Virginia's town hall meeting on health care.
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http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/breaking/wb/215762

Over 1200 people turned out!  That is amazing for this area!  Good read.

Here is an excerpt:

Boucher praised the Senate Finance Committee, where the co-ops are being discussed, for considering alternatives, not rushing to have a bill and for being bipartisan. In contrast he criticized the House of Representatives for moving too fast. That was the reason he gave for voting against sending the HR 3200 to the floor when it came up before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, on which he serves. 

“I simply didn’t think we were ready to take that very significant step,” he said. “We need to give this process time. We do not need to be rushed.” 

Still Boucher emphasized the need for reform of the current system, and cited the need in particular for tort reform. 

“The time has come to have national tort reform,” Boucher said, after fielding several questions about including caps on medical malpractice as part of the health care overhaul. 

Touting his work more than three decades ago in forming Virginia’s tort reform legislation, Boucher said a national tort reform effort should mirror what Virginia has done at the state level. 

Members of the audience included both supporters of the reform efforts and opponents. Some held up signs, and a few interrupted other speakers’ comments with yells. Only once did Boucher stop his comments to respond to a heckler, suggesting that everyone be given an opportunity to speak. 

Before the meeting even began, those with different view points were arguing their positions, at times shouting and at other time eliciting boos or cheers from others in the room. 

Several in the audience threatened to vote Boucher out of office if his vote on health reform didn’t meet their expectations. The repeated comments caused Boucher to respond toward the end by saying he thought the issue was too important for him to heed those threats. 

“I’m not going to make this decision based on my political future. Period,” he said. “My political future is not that important … All the threats in the world just don’t matter.”







-- Edited by thebword on Tuesday 18th of August 2009 09:58:58 PM

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Wow!

I know the area.  It is absolutely outstanding that so many turned out for such a small rural area! 

Boucher has been office "forever".  And, has promoted his share of "porkulus" projects.  I would imagine that he will be out of a job in 2010.

There was another townhall in WV that I read about on the Internet.  They had to move the meeting outside, because there were so many people in attendance.

-- Edited by Calico on Tuesday 18th of August 2009 06:17:42 PM

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Great article. Thank you for the link. :) We need to keep a list of the stupid and insulting things these guys are saying and doing during this time; it will make it that much easier to VOTE the BUMS out as soon as we can.

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We're counting on you, vote em OUT.

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Good article.  Its time to vote people the hell out of there.

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I'm with you and Hillary, TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE AND SWEEP THEM OUT OF OFFICE! If they are voting against the wishes of the people--they're outta here!

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