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Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) today announced that efforts to force the House of Representatives to vote on legislation providing for a 100% repeal of “Obamacare” continued to gain momentum, with the addition of the 173rd signature. Once the discharge petition reaches 218 signatures, Speaker Pelosi will not be able to prevent the repeal legislation from receiving, and passing, a vote on the floor.
“Efforts to repeal the deeply unpopular ‘Obamacare’ bill continue to gather momentum,” said King. “We now have 173 Members of the House of Representatives on record calling for full repeal of ‘Obamacare’, including Republican Leader Boehner, Republican Whip Cantor and GOP Conference Chairman Pence. I expect these numbers to continue to swell."
"We have also added the first Democratic signature to the discharge petition. Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi is the first Democrat to sign the discharge petition, and it is my hope that his decision will pave the way for other Democrats who support repeal to break ranks with Speaker Pelosi and President Obama.”
A list of Members who have signed on to the legislation (organized by state) has been provided below:
DISCHARGE PETITION #11 SIGNEES (UPDATED September 15, 2010)
Alabama: Aderholt, Bachus, Bonner, Griffith, Rogers
Alaska: Young
Arizona: Flake, Franks, Shadegg
Arkansas: Boozman
California: Bilbray, Bono Mack, Calvert, Campbell, Dreier, Gallegly, Herger, Hunter, Issa, Lewis, Lungren, McCarthy, McClintock, McKeon, Miller, Nunes, Radanovich, Rohrabacher, Royce
Colorado: Coffman, Lamborn
Connecticut: -None-
Delaware: -None-
Florida: Bilirakis, Brown-Waite, Buchanan, Crenshaw, Diaz-Balart, Diaz-Balart, Mack, Mica, Miller, Posey, Putnam, Rooney, Ros-Lehtinen, Stearns, Young
Georgia: Broun, Gingrey, Graves, Kingston, Linder, Price, Westmorland
Hawaii: Djou
Idaho: Simpson
Illinois: Biggert, Johnson, Manzullo, Roskam, Schick, Shimkus
Indiana: Burton, Buyer, Pence
Iowa: King, Latham
Kansas: Jenkins, Moran, Tiahrt
Kentucky: Davis, Guthrie, Rogers, Whitfield
Louisiana: Alexander, Cassidy, Fleming, Scalise
Maine: -None-
Maryland: Bartlett
Massachusetts: -None-
Michigan: Camp, Ehlers, Hoekstra, McCotter, Miller, Rogers, Upton
Minnesota: Bachmann, Kline, Paulsen
Mississippi: Harper, Taylor
Missouri: Akin, Blunt, Emerson, Graves, Luetkemeyer,
Montana: Rehberg
Nebraska: Fortenberry, Smith, Terry
Nevada: Heller
New Hampshire: -None-
New Jersey: Frelinghuysen, Garrett, Lance, LoBiondo, Smith
New Mexico: -None-
New York: King, Lee
North Carolina: Coble, Foxx, Jones, McHenry, Myrick
North Dakota: -None-
Ohio: Austria, Boehner, Jordan, LaTourette, Latta, Schmidt, Tiberi, Turner
Oklahoma: Cole, Fallin, Lucas, Sullivan
Oregon: Walden
Pennsylvania: Dent, Gerlach, Murphy, Pitts, Platts, Shuster, Thompson
Rhode Island: -None-
South Carolina: Barrett, Brown, Inglis, Wilson
South Dakota: -None-
Tennessee: Blackburn, Duncan, Roe, Wamp
Texas: Barton, Brady, Burgess, Carter, Conaway, Culberson, Gohmert, Granger, Hall, Hensarling, Johnson, Marchant, McCaul, Neugebauer, Olson, Paul, Poe, Sessions, Smith, Thornberry
Utah: Bishop, Chaffetz,
Vermont: -None-
Virginia: Cantor, Forbes, Goodlatte, Wittman, Wolf
Washington: Hastings, Rodgers
West Virginia: -None-
Wisconsin: Petri, Ryan, Sensenbrenner
Wyoming: Lummis
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17th - | King: On Constitution Day, Celebrate the Inclusion of the Tenth Amendment |
17th - | King: Carroll to Receive New VA Clinic |
22nd - | King Discusses "Future Trends in Animal Agriculture" at USDA Symposium |
23rd - | King: Six Months After ObamaCare's Passage, Americans Want Repeal |
23rd - | King Named "Guardian of Small Business" by NFIB |
24th - | King: Amnesty Supporters' Claims That Americans Won't Do Hard Work is Insulting |
24th - | King Requests Meeting with Vilsack to Address Allegations of Pigford v. Vilsack Fraud |
28th - | King Honors Council Bluffs Family with "Angels in Adoption" Nomination |
30th - | King Welcomes Iowa's "Principals of the Year" |