Democratic Representative Stupak has made it clear he will not be voting yes to ObamaCare due to its use of taxpayer funds for abortions. We can now add another Democratic representative to the list of those voting NO:
Boucher voted "no" in November, but had been listed as undecided. This report makes his position seem pretty clear:
U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., said Friday he could not support health care reform legislation that includes heavy cuts to Medicare, a position he has held since his first vote against the package and his party’s move to push legislation through Congress
Boucher said he needs to see whatever deal is being cobbled together.
“I am very concerned about a number of things. First, we do not have a text of the legislation before us. That is still being discussed and negotiated. Obviously, I will withhold any judgment until I review it very carefully. I do have concerns about a number of matters I anticipate being in the draft, however,” he said.
Boucher said he is hearing that cuts to Medicare funding to help pay for the reform package “may be as great as $500 billion. That’s ‘billion’ with a ‘B.’”
That sounds like a clear NO vote to me.
The Weekly Standard has the story.
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