WASHINGTON — San Joaquin Valley Democrats will feel the heat whichever way they vote on the massive health care package now set for House action as early as today.
Unlike valley Republicans, who aligned themselves early against the ambitious overhaul, Democratic Reps. Dennis Cardoza of Merced and Jim Costa of Fresno are holding their cards close to their chest. Both Democrats are GOP targets, at least rhetorically, and both said Friday that they were still evaluating the nearly 2,000-page bill."They could pay a price if the vote is framed as a pro-abortion bill, or an immigrant-rights bill ... or a big government-run operation," said Marc Sandalow, who runs the University of California at Merced's D.C. program. "At the same time, it's a huge risk to be seen as voting against reform."WASHINGTON — Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, weighing fresh concessions to abortion foes and working to ease concerns among Latino holdouts.
"We're very close" to having enough votes to prevail, said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, although he added a vote scheduled today could slip by a day.GOP leaders boasted that all 177 House Republicans stood ready to oppose the $1.2 trillion bill, which would create a federally supervised insurance marketplace where the uninsured could purchase coverage.People with interest in local road planning have an array of meetings to choose from in coming days, covering issues ranging from crosswalks to Salida overpasses to the North County Corridor.
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