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2009-11-07 Home Front: Politix
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Kratovil To Vote No On Health Care; Vote Delayed
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Maryland First District Congressman Frank Kratovil says he will vote against the House Democrats' health care reform bill.
| Kratovil is one of a number of House Democrats seen as vulnerable by some Democrats in next year's election. Republicans slightly outnumber Democrats in his district that includes all of the Eastern Shore and parts of Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Harford Counties. |
Kratovil issued a statement from his office today saying that the bill is too costly. "I still am concerned that this bill does not do enough to bend the long-term cost curve and that it lacks adequate provisions to reduce the deficit and protect small businesses," Kratovil said.
Kratovil is one of a number of House Democrats seen as vulnerable by some Democrats in next year's election. Republicans slightly outnumber Democrats in his district that includes all of the Eastern Shore and parts of Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Harford Counties.
Republican State Senator Andy Harris who narrowly lost to Harris last year is expected to challenge Kratovil next year.
The bill costs $10.2-trillion. It includes the so called "public option" which provides taxpayer funded insurance for those who can't get insurance anywhere else.
The House of Representatives had been scheduled to vote on the bill Saturday but House Majority leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland says the vote has now been delayed until Sunday or early next week.
The White House says President Barack Obama regrets a delay in plans for a House vote on sweeping health care legislation and that he'll visit Capitol Hill Saturday to personally lobby for it.
Obama had planned to visit lawmakers on Friday, but changed his plans as a result of the delay. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that while there now won't be a final vote on the bill on Saturday, as Democratic leaders had previously indicated, the president "sees tomorrow as an important step forward."
House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters earlier in the day that the make-or-break vote on Obama's top priority could face delay. Democrats indicated they didn't have enough votes lined up to conduct the vote Saturday. 
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