Liberal Democrats Threaten To Reject House Healthcare Compromise

Liberal Democrats threaten to reject House healthcare compromise
By Noam N. Levey and James Oliphant | LATimes | Submitted by Michael Munk | www.MichaelMunk.com

After months of marching in line as senior Democrats worked with the White House to develop healthcare legislation, liberal lawmakers from solidly Democratic districts are threatening a revolt that could doom President Obama's bid to sign a major bill this year.

In the House, liberals are furious at their leaders for striking a deal with conservative Democrats that would weaken the proposal to create a government insurance program, a dream long cherished on the left.

On Thursday, 57 of these liberals sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) warning that they would vote against any bill that contained the terms of the deal. Read more.

Michael Munk wrote:

The signers of the letter are:

Woolsey, Grijalva, Kilpatrick, Nadler, Hare,Roybal-Allard, Ellison, Blumenauer, Watts, Edwards, Olver, Kucinich, Richardson, Waters, Conyers, Chu, Hinchey, Johnson, Watson, Spier, Pascrell, Doggett, Kaptur, Hirono,
Filner, Sanchez, Fudge, Lee, Carson, Lee, Honda, McDermott, Clay,McGovern, Clarke, Massa, Pingree, Jackson, Cummings,Thompson, Moore, Payne, Stark, Towns, Brown, Hastings, Valezquez, Gutierrez, Napolitano, Sires, Tierney, Capuano, Fattah, Serrano, Farr, Delahunt, and E.B.Johnson.