Earl Pomeroy’s Vote “Still Up For Grabs” On Health Care Bill
It’s a massive, $1 trillion bill that will explode the deficit and pile on to the debt while funding abortion and doing a lot of other things Earl Pomeroy said he wouldn’t support. But when Nancy Pelosi says “jump”, Earl Pomeroy’s response is usually “how high?”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who remains well shy of the 218 votes needed to pass a landmark health care bill, isn’t wasting much time these days on colleagues who are firmly in the “no” column — or even those who appear to be.
During a recent closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting, the speaker interrupted Rep. Earl Pomeroy, one of three Democrats to vote against the bill on the Ways and Means Committee, as he stood to lodge a complaint about a potentially costly long-term care provision in the Senate package.
“Is there any chance you’ll vote for the bill?” Pelosi asked the North Dakota Democrat.
A somewhat-stunned Pomeroy paused before the roomful of lawmakers and then restated his concerns — insisting his vote was still up for grabs.
This bluster from Pomeroy is interesting given just last week he was comparing the “public option” to the infamous BTU vote which many Democrats felt lost them the election during the 1994 “Republican Revolution.”
This is really an insight into Pomeroy’s true nature. He claims he’s a fiscally conservative “blue dog” Democrat when really he’s just another liberal who uses the “blue dog” mantle as cover.
