Has Rep. Brad Schneider finally gone too far with his recent vote against implementing the very small amount of health care reform that was so very hard won?
In case you haven't heard, this week, Schneider voted with the Republicans to pass H.B. 2668, the very Orwellian-ly named Fairness for American Families Act. The Fairness for American Families Act takes up on the Obama Administration's delay implementation of the employer mandate, and extends it to individuals. While I was not in love with the Obama Administration's reasoning to extend the large employer mandate, that large companies needed more time for implementation of the complex provisions, the same logic doesn't quite hold for individuals, and the bill has been fairly interpreted as just one more of the 38 (or so) votes against the Affordable Care Act--the sad and ongoing publicity stunt of House Republicans.
But, this time our very own IL-10 "Democrat" has gone for it. So what's next for IL-10 Democrats?
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