Congressman Tom Cole (OK-R, Dist. 4), my Representative, voted pro-Republican on all health care issues from 2003-2006. That resulted in yes votes on 17 of 18 measures, including funding for smallpox vaccines, AIDS awareness, low-income children's nutrition, and Medicare Part D.
From 2007 to present, my congressman has continued to vote pro-Republican, which resulted in voting no on 27 of 36 healthcare measures.
I'm unable to attend his scheduled town hall meeting, so I sent the following letter to him and to the local paper (the Daily Oklahoma doesn't print open letters to officials, so it'll probably get cut but I figured it was worth the effort).
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