Today, the House is expected to vote on their health care bill. Even though Democrats have a majority in the House, 258 – 177, the vote is still expected to be close. But before they vote, they are currently engaging in 4 hours of debate.
Republican Representative Joe Barton started off his time by saying (and I paraphrase), “My wife bought me a weekend in Vegas for my birthday. That weekend was this weekend and obviously I can’t be there. I want to apologize to her for not being there. And I want to apologize to other families that had things planned this weekend. But we have to be here.”
Yeah, what a drag. Who wants to be in Washington, especially on a Saturday, voting on historic legislation to provide affordable health care for all Americans when you could be sitting in front of a slot machine pissing away all your nickels while getting trashed on complimentary drinks?
No one watches C-SPAN anyway, so I bet Rep Barton could slip out and still enjoy his Vegas trip. No one would miss him – his Republican colleagues are probably all daydreaming about the afternoon nap they’re missing.
I guess they can add this to the long list of things the health care bill will destroy. Headline tomorrow – “Health Care Bill Abolishes Weekend Vegas Trips and Saturday Movie Night.” What a tragedy.
Liz was born and raised in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. She graduated from from Ithaca College in 2009. Her interests lie in film, politics, and food.