Saturday, March 20, 2010

Democrat not answering Obama's calls!






Democrat not answering Obama's calls!

Posted: March 19th, 2010 08:18 PM ET

From CNN Congressional Producer Evan Glass

Rep. Henry Cuellar, pictured here in a 2005 file photo, told reporters in the Capitol Friday he has so far refused to return the the president's call because he first wants to decide how he'll vote on the health care package.

Washington (CNN) - As President Obama holds face-to-face meetings and makes phone calls to House Democrats in a last ditch effort to gain enough support for passage of health care legislation, one fence-sitting lawmaker is refusing to answer a telephone call from the White House.

"If I have to talk to him, I'll talk to him," Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar said begrudgingly of a phone call his office received Wednesday from the White House. But Cuellar told reporters in the Capitol he has so far refused to return the call because he first wants to decide how he'll vote on the health care package. The Texas congressman also acknowledged that it was "White House staff" that placed the call, but he presumes the president wanted to speak to him.

"At the end of the day, when we take a vote, he's not going to be out there supporting me and running my elections," Cuellar said of Obama. "It's going to be up to me to run my election. And it's up to me to decide on my own that this is in the best interests of my district."

Cuellar, who is in his third term, voted in favor of the original House version of health care reform in November, but he has not announced his intentions this time.

Filed under: Health care • Popular Posts • President Obama

Bob Lewis Note: Let all of us in Texas Pray that Rep Cuellar will NOT vote for Socialized Medicine in America but for a total re-write of the H/C Bill setting up a competitive system between: Insurors, Hospitals & Doctors for business similar to the REST of the Capitalistic System in our Country with separate "pools" in each state for the indigent and for those with pre-conditioned illnesses who would receive US Government assistance. Let us Pray also that all other House Members follow his courageous leadership.

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