Rep.ParkerGriffith

Republicans Try to Force House Vote on Senate Health Care Bill

With a firestorm brewing over the possibility that House Democrats' will try to avoid an up-or-down vote on the Senate health care bill, House Republicans plan to use a maneuver Thursday morning to force a vote on the measure. Rep. Parker Griffith, the Alabama Democrat who switched to the Republican Party last year over health care reform, offered a resolution on the House floor Thursday morning to force the chamber to hold a roll call vote on the Senate-passed health bill. Parker spoke on the House floor after an unusual meeting between all House Republicans and all Senate Republicans. ...

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