Medicare Bill Moves on to the President

After a long fight HR 6331 came to a vote yesterday and passed the senate with a vote of 69 - 30. Senator Kennedy Triumphantly returned to the senate casting a yea vote along with 18 Republicans. That is Nine more than had previously supported the bill. The only absent vote again was Senator McCain who was out on the campaign trail calling Social Security a "Disgrace" More on that later.

You can see the complete roll call vote here:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00169

In the past the President has promised a Veto. Its hard to tell whether or not the president will follow through with enough votes to override the veto.

Still Senator McCain does not see it fit to show up and vote on senior health. We must do more to encourage Sen. McCain to support senior health and senior issues. I encourage you to go to his web sight and let your opinions be heard.