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House Democrats HCR Summit List Includes Blue Dogs, Progressives
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
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TPMDC has learned the additional House Democrats who will attend Thursday's health care summit at the White House.
In addition to the relevant committee chairmen and Democratic leadership, each side was allowed to invite a handful of members.
A leadership aide tells us that on the House Democrats' side, they are Reps. Xavier Becerra (CA), Louise Slaughter (NY), Rob Andrews (NJ) and Jim Cooper (TN).
Andrews, chairman of a health subcommittee of the Education and Labor Committee, is not a fan of the excise tax that's included in the Senate version of the bill and in President Obama's plan he outlined yesterday.
Becerra is a key progressive, Cooper is a Blue Dog who was instrumental in the Clinton health care effort in the 1990s.
Slaughter is chairman of the Rules Committee.
Additional reporting by Brian Beutler.
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mcc
February 23, 2010 4:26 PM
Have the Republicans accepted the invite yet?
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ESK
February 23, 2010 4:31 PM
No one is better at refuting Republican BS related to health care than Rob Andrews. He took them apart piece by piece during the House health care reform final debate.
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Lestatdelc
February 23, 2010 4:46 PM
Good to hear Becerra will be in the room. He is a strong progressive.
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benjoya
February 23, 2010 4:56 PM
slaughter's good, too.
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jim43
February 23, 2010 6:08 PM
It;s got to be single-payer or nothing. Anything less isn't health care reform.
http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog
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JohnW1141
February 23, 2010 6:25 PM in reply to jim43
Jim,
exactly.
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yntheworld
February 23, 2010 6:23 PM
By the Way, How's your health insurance, Dick?
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loudprogressive
February 23, 2010 7:04 PM
Who cares about your f#cking PR stunt. We need REAL HEALTHCARE REFORM. This is disgusting.
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markg8
February 23, 2010 7:32 PM
Shouldn't that be "Cooper is a Blue Dog who was instrumental in killing the Clinton health care effort in the 1990s."?
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