Joseph Cao (R) makes it bi-partisan!

[boppers]

:evilgrin:

[provis99]

1. who?

[boppers]

2. LA's 2nd congressional district.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cao

[DRoseDARs]

9. Well, it isn't Her Royal Majesty High Priestess Madame President Queen of the Hill Snowe.

*snork*

[Blue-Jay]

10. Snowe is in the Senate, not the House.

[fugop]

3. Awesome

What I've loving about the one Repub vote is now they have to put breaking news like this across MSNBC: 'One Republican Voted with Democrats on Health Bill."

I just love the thought that it will make Boner and Cantor miserable to lose the "Not one Republican votes for bill" narrative. Sure, it's just one lousy vote. But it makes all the diff in that part of the spin, which I'm LOVING!

[Muttocracy]

4. His House page:

http://josephcao.house.gov/

interesting biography:
http://josephcao.house.gov/Biography/

[adamuu]

19. Hmm is this part of the reason for the anti-choice amendment? n/t

[Muttocracy]

22. well, not him alone - it would have passed w/o him and I doubt Pelosi was counting on him. nt

[adamuu]

24. But Obama really wanted it to be "bipartisan"

From the outset.

[Muttocracy]

26. true. I bet we'll be hearing more about the backstory soon! nt

[TheKentuckian]

36. No, sadly that was to keep horrid blue dogs from killing the damn thing

I can't believe such a horrendous thing could pass with the kind of majorities we have in the House. I could see the Senate doing this but the amount of conservatives in our caucus is extreme.

[global1]

5. His D.C. Office Telephone Number Is......

1-202-225-6636

his website is: josephcao.house.gov

He's a first term congressman. - born 3/13/67 Saigon, Vietnam; Catholic; JD Loyola University 2000; Attorney, On the Homeland Security; Transportation & Infrastructure Committees

Dist Office: New Orleans 1-504-717-7551

Call and thank him.

[Muttocracy]

7. "Joseph Cao lost both his home and law office to Katrina." !!

[ChicagoSuz219]

17. Just called the N'Awlins office-MAILBOX IS FULL!!...

Then, I called the DC office - MAILBOX IS FULL!!

I'll keep trying!! btw, the DC # is 202-225-6636

BIG KUDOS TO CONGRESSMAN CAO!!

[jefferson_dem]

6. "I have always said that I would put aside partisan wrangling to do the business of the people."

Rep Cao statement: "I have always said that I would put aside partisan wrangling to do the business of the people."

[mvd]

8. I think he pretty much had to vote for this

Still, he gets props!

[The Magistrate]

11. He has The Un-Lamented Mr. Jefferson's District, does He Not, My Friend?

Expect he wants to live....

[mvd]

12. You are correct

Hi, Magistrate! :hi:

[geek tragedy]

15. He will also have every mongrel Teabagger descending upon him

one would imagine.

[Arkana]

28. Cao voted for it because he wants to survive in a district

that is D +25.

[The Magistrate]

37. They Would Be In Seriously Hostile Territory, Sir....

It would be an interesting spectacle....

[KingFlorez]

13. One is better than None

[RepublicanElephant]

14. he a repub because he thinks it's the "christian party", but he needs to switch-over

to the party that acts more like it, in caring for the down-trodden and non-rich.

[Enrique]

16. dems should repeatedly call it the "bipartisan health reform bill"

just to piss them off. :-)

[Pirate Smile]

21. Luv it!

:D

[boppers]

27. They did that in a press conference...

...less than half an hour later. It got quite a laugh. ;)

[grantcart]

18. I am proud to have started the particular migration plan (The Orderly Departure Program) that

brought his father out of Vietnam.

[NYC_SKP]

20. And I thank you for your service!

:toast:

[Muttocracy]

23. wow! nt

[yurbud]

25. whatever the merits of this particular guy, the mere mention of bipartisanship makes me want to barf

either it's a good bill or it isn't. And the more Republicans who vote for it, the less likely it is to be any good.

[Jennicut]

29. He most likely voted for it because he is in a Dem district.

So if he thought his vote would appeal to his district, it was not for it being a bill that was attractive to conservatives.

[Abq_Sarah]

30. That's actually not what bi-partisan means

One lone repug voting for the bill doesn't mean both parties agree and have compromised.

[boppers]

33. Both parties agreed on much of the bill.

To people complaining about the one repug vote, gleefully remind them that the House voted across party lines to add Stupak's amendments and move the bill forward... "they voted for it before they voted against it".

They chucked that shit at Kerry, it's fair game to chuck it back.

[Loudmxr]

31. Cao is going to be drummed out of the Rethug party.

Didn't a lot of Rethugs spend a lot of time and treasure avoiding going to kill people like him? They sure don't want people like them in THEIR party.

[boppers]

35. He's a minority (R).

I expect he'll be a (D) soon, once he realizes that, oh, the (R) party was the one trying to kill him as a small child. He's (R) because of his faith (AFAIK), and hasn't quite realized that there's a huge "no killing" (D) wing.

[Raine]

32. If I was Cao I would

stay off of small planes, I wouldn't put anything passed those RW nut jobs. :scared:

[joeycola]

34. ha ha!!

[Sebastian Doyle]

38. It's Lousiana for fucks sake

The state that makes Virginia's "Democrats" look authentic by comparison. :eyes: