Four S. Baptist Dems. vote ‘no’ on bill
Tuesday, March 23, 2010Staff
WASHINGTON (BP)--Four of five Southern Baptist Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against health-care legislation approved by the chamber March 21.
Reps. Bobby Bright of Alabama, Travis Childers of Mississippi, Lincoln Davis of Tennessee and Heath Shuler of North Carolina voted “no” on a version of health-care reform passed by the Senate in December. A controversial part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 3590, was language that the major pro-life organizations say will permit federal funding of abortion. President Obama is scheduled to sign an executive order that is aimed at appeasing pro-life concerns,… Read Full Article