on January 19, 2011 the Republican controlled House of Representatives voted 185 (Y) - 245 (N) on House Resolution 2.
House Resolution 2 would have prevented lawmakers from keeping their congressional health insurance benefits if they voted to repeal the new health care law for their constituents.
Of course it didn't pas.
Doesn't it point out the hypocrisy of the Republican politicians when they don't want their own exceptional health care to be taken away, but they don't mind voting on the health care of other Americans?
Not only that, but they want the rest of us to believe it's because they're more American than the ones who support Health Care Reform (Obamacare, as they say).
It's such an overtly hypocritical and self-serving position...how has our national discourse devolved to such a degree that this works?
Let's not even take into consideration the merits of the Health Care Reform plan...if this were any argument about any issue, it would still make no sense.
Unbelievable.
Wasn't there a time when the Republicans would have at least voted yes on this because it wouldn't look good to be idealogical about everyone else except themselves?
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