Arizona's Congressional delegation did not stray from party lines this morning on the vote to consider a bill to allow health insurers to renew non-conforming policies and selling them to anyone else interested (aka "The Upton Bill"). The House of Representatives voted 228-189 to bring the Upton bill to the floor this morning.
Six Democrats voted with the Republicans, but none of Arizona's five Democrats were among them. Rep. Ron Barber (D-CD2) had been reported yesterday morning (by NPR) to be considering voting in favor (depending on what President Obama would propose to fix the cancellation notice problem); however, he did not cast a vote this morning - probably because he was the ranking minority member at a hearing going on concurrently about the Department of Homeland Security's accounting systems.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-CD4) also did not vote this morning.
The debate on the Upton bill is proceeding at this moment (10:05am, Arizona Time), and should be going to a vote shortly. Its chances in the Senate are iffy, and President Obama has promised to veto it if it gets to his desk.
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