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Rep. Jason Altmire, a heavily courted swing vote who had been wavering back and forth over whether to support the health care bill, announced Friday afternoon that he would vote against the bill. However, this was also accompanied by news that Rep. Allen Boyd, who had voted against the "shell " bill in committee earlier this week, has announced he would vote "yes." So it could very well be that Speaker Nancy Pelosi spared Altmire because she no longer needs his vote.
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PCC| 3.19.10 @ 6:44PM
"So it could very well be that Speaker Nancy Pelosi spared Altmire because she no longer needs his vote. "
Exactly so.
Spicy Joker| 3.19.10 @ 11:46PM
Time to take down both skunks - Altliar AND Boyd.
daniel| 4.28.10 @ 11:56AM
Altmire was also named to the conference committees for the 2007 College Cost Reduction Act and the 2007 Defense Authorization bills, each of which has become law.
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FX| 5.6.10 @ 5:04AM
Altmire returned to Western Pennsylvania to work for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), a 20-hospital health care system with 45,000 employees and more than $7 billion in annual revenue. FX