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How They Voted -- Iraq, Children's Health Insurance

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:08:04 AM
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Central Florida's representatives in Washington split along party lines this past week in voting on the S-Chip program -- the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

But in another vote, on Iraq, Florida's Republican and Democratic Senators agreed.

News 13's Scott Harris has a look at how your representatives voted.

The S-Chip bill has passed both the House and the Senate and is heading to the White House under a threat of veto from President George W. Bush. 

On the House side, only Democrat Corinne Brown voted with the 265 vote majority. Incidentally, that's two dozen or so votes short of being veto-proof.

The 159 votes on the losing side included all seven Central Florida Republicans -- Ginny Brown-Waite, Cliff Stearns, John Mica, Ric Keller,  Adam Putnam, Dave Weldon and Tom Feeney.

Florida's senators also split on party lines.  Democrat Bill Nelson voted yea and Republican Mel Martinez voted Nay. The Senate vote was more lopsided than the House -- 69 Senators voted yes, enough to override a Presidential veto.

Incidentally, press reports say 43 of the 50 governors from both parties support the bill. Gov. Charlie Crist's office told Harris that he supports S-CHIP

The Iraq vote was a non-binding resolution, expressing the sense of the Senate, and it got overwhelming support as 75 of the 100 Senators voted in favor, including both Floridians. Both Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez said yes on this one.

The resolution was developed by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of Delaware and co-sponsored by Republican Presidential Candidate Sam Brownback of Kansas.

The resolution endorses a political settlement for Iraq that would divide the country into three semi-autonomous regions -- Kurdish, Shia, and Sunni. It is possibility that is provided for in the Iraqi constitution.  However, on Friday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that would be a "catastrophe."

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