D000602 1967-10-09 208 Cannon House Office Building http://www.house.gov/arturdavis/zipauth.shtml 7 202-226-9567 Artur 'd':4 '-7':6 'al':5 'rep':1 'davi':3,8,10 'artur':2,7,9 M 400092 Davis Artur_Davis Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7] N00009570 6720 Democrat 202-225-2665 Lutheran AL Artur Davis 4.28571428571429 http://www.house.gov/arturdavis/ 400092 Person sen\. Mon Nov 09 10:30:18 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...not win enough support to pass. Two of the opposing votes came from Members who are running for higher office next year -- Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), who's running for governor, and Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.), who is challenging Sen. David Vitter (R- 'd':34,46 'r':54 'la':47 'ala':35 'dem':4 'rep':30,42 'run':24,38 'sen':51 'two':14 'win':9 'came':19 'care':6 'd-la':45 'davi':32 'next':28 'pass':13 'real':55 'vote':18 'year':29 'artur':31 'break':1 'clear':56 'd-ala':33 'david':52 'offic':27 'oppos':17 'polit':57 'charli':43 'defect':7 'enough':10 'health':5 'higher':26 'member':21 'vitter':53 'support':11 'challeng':50 'governor':40 'melancon':44 6631587 true true daylife Real Clear Politics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/ OK http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/11/inside_the_health_care_vote.html 400092 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 10:30:36 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...district, for example, McCain bested Obama by 35 percent. In Dave Boren's Oklahoma district it was McCain by 32, in Lincoln Davis' Tennessee district McCain won by 29, and Ike Skelton's Missouri district went McCain by 22. iI's also safe to say that Oba '22':52 '29':42 '32':33 '35':21 '39':2 'ii':53 'ike':44 'oba':60 'say':58 'won':40 'also':55 'best':18 'bill':13 'care':12 'dave':24 'davi':36 'hous':3 'safe':56 'vote':6 'went':49 'boren':25 'daili':62 'obama':19 'parti':9 'polit':61 'exampl':16 'health':11 'mccain':17,31,39,50 'lincoln':35 'percent':22 'skelton':45 'democrat':4 'district':14,28,38,48 'missouri':47 'oklahoma':27 'tennesse':37 6616164 true true daylife Politics Daily http://www.politicsdaily.com/ OK http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/08/the-39-house-democrats-who-voted-against-their-party-s-health-ca/ 400092 Person republican Sun Nov 08 21:47:26 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 "Republican majority for choice" my rear end! As for Artur Davis, does he honestly believe that this will help him win the Governor's race? What a craven fool. 'end':11 'win':25 'davi':15 'fool':33 'help':23 'hous':2 'race':29 'rear':10 'vote':4 'artur':14 'choic':8 'major':6 'state':35 'swing':34 'believ':19 'craven':32 'honest':18 'project':36 'governor':27 'healthcar':3 'republican':5 6623648 true true google news Swing State Project OK http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5876 400092 Person congress Sun Nov 08 21:47:25 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In one district where supporting the president and the Democratic congressional leadership is probably quite safe -- Artur Davis' 7th Alabama district ... '7th':19 'one':2 'blog':24 'davi':18 'quit':15 'safe':16 'artur':17 'daili':23 'polit':22 'presid':7 'alabama':20 'probabl':14 'support':5 'democrat':10 'district':3,21 'leadership':12 'congression':11 6623632 true true google news Politics Daily (blog) OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110818453.html 400092 Person congress Sun Nov 08 21:47:25 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... Barrow (GA) John Boccieri (OH) Dan Boren (OK) Rick Boucher (TX) Allen Boyd (FL) Bobby Bright (AL) Ben Chandler (KY) Travis Childers, Artur Davis (AL)**, ... 'al':24,32 'fl':21 'ga':9 'ky':27 'oh':12 'ok':15 'tx':18 'ben':25 'dan':13 'blog':35 'boyd':20 'care':5 'davi':31 'john':10 'rick':16 'show':3 'allen':19 'artur':30 'bobbi':22 'boren':14 'onlin':34 'travi':28 'atlant':33 'barrow':8 'bright':23 'health':4 'sunday':2 'boucher':17 'childer':29 'boccieri':11 'chandler':26 'afghanistan':7 6623635 true true google news Atlantic Online (blog) OK http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/11/the_sunday_shows.php 400092 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 21:47:26 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Alabama Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Artur Davis also weighed in on the issue. “The data released yesterday (Wednesday) is no shock if you know the ... 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'74':26 '7th':21 'rep':18 'won':25 'came':16 'davi':20,31 'post':37 'vote':30,32 'artur':19 'eight':11 'obama':12 'polit':6 'right':34 'import':3 'number':4 'highest':14 'percent':27 'weekend':8 'district':22 'percentag':15 'understood':35 'washington':36 6623631 true true google news Washington Post OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/11/08/BL2009110800030.html 400092 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 21:47:26 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Of the six GOP and two Democratic candidates for governor, only one – US Rep. Artur Davis – supports giving Alabamians a voice through a constitutional ... 'us':21 'gop':12 'one':20 'rep':22 'six':11 'two':14 'davi':24 'give':26 'news':35 'voic':29 'artur':23 'exact':3 'afraid':7 'auburn':34 'candid':16 'foster':2 'jennif':1 'opelika':33 'support':25 'democrat':15 'governor':18 'alabamian':27 'constitut':32 6623640 true true google news Opelika Auburn News OK http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/opinion/jennifer_foster/article/jennifer_foster_exactly_what_are_they_afraid_of/107314/ 400092 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 21:47:25 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Most people expect US Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham, to walk away with the Democratic nomination for governor, but I have had more than one political ... 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'1':1 'us':4,13 'rep':14 'base':36 'davi':16 'said':17 'whnt':39 'artur':15 'chief':26 'divis':33 'feder':27 'middl':32 'settl':23 'unabl':21 'caught':8 'alabama':7,30 'appoint':2 'turmoil':10 'attorney':5 'democrat':12,18 'montgomeri':38 'prosecutor':28 6623634 true true google news WHNT OK http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-al--federalprosecutors,0,225616.story 400092 Person congress Mon Nov 09 10:30:11 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In April, the predictably anti-gay Artur Davis—the black conservative Democrat from Birmingham, Alabama who boasts an abysmal 45 percent Human Rights Campaign score—was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote against the Local Law En '45':35 'en':56 '2.0':2,58 'gay':6,21 'law':55 'rod':1,57 'anti':5,20 'beta':3,59 'davi':8,23 'vote':13,51 'abysm':34 'april':16 'artur':7,22 'black':12,25,48 'boast':32 'human':37 'local':54 'right':38 'score':40 'caucus':49 'member':44 'alabama':30 'conserv':26 'percent':36 'predict':18 'anti-gay':4,19 'campaign':39 'democrat':27 'birmingham':29 'congression':47 6631579 false true google blog Rod 2.0:Beta http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/ OK http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2009/11/antigay-artur-davis-was-the-only-black-vote-against-health-care.html 400092 Person congress Mon Nov 09 10:30:13 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Jason Altmire (PA-4); Bobby Bright (AL-2); John Barrow (GA-12); John Boccieri (OH-16); Dan Boren (OK-2); Ben Chandler (KY-6); Travis Childers (MS-1); Artur Davis (AL-7); Lincoln Davis (TN-4); Bart Gordon; Parker Griffith (AL-5); ... 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'arm':20 'day':40 'ike':13 'rep':12,24 '11/8':3 'blog':5,8,44 'davi':26 'eagl':7 'open':1 '1.055':35 'artur':25 'sever':9 'includ':11 'measur':37 'pelosi':33 'recent':39 'resist':31 'servic':21 'thread':2 'alabama':28 'express':30 'skelton':14 'wichita':6 'chairman':17 'committe':22 'democrat':10 'missouri':16 'trillion':36 'underscor':41 6631585 false true google blog WE Blog http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/ OK http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2009/11/open-thread-118-4/ 400092 Person congress Sun Nov 08 21:47:23 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 (ARTUR DAVIS D-ALABAMA) ARTUR, I KNOW YOU WANT TO BECOME GOV. OF ALABAMA. [GOOD LUCK WITH THAT] BUT VOTING AGAINST THIS HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM BILL WHEN 27% OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL IS HN BEHAVIOR. ... 'd':14 '27':39 'hn':49 'gov':23 'let':7 'bill':37 'come':3 'davi':12 'good':26 'know':18 'live':43 'luck':27 'play':9 'vote':31 'want':20 'along':4 'artur':11,16 'becom':22 'field':1,51 'insur':35 'level':47 'littl':5 'negro':2,52 'slave':10 'health':34 'reform':36 'alabama':15,25 'poverti':46 'behavior':50 'children':6 'constitu':42 'd-alabama':13 6623628 false true google blog field negro http://field-negro.blogspot.com/ OK http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2009/11/come-along-little-children-lets-play.html 400092 Person democrat Mon Nov 09 10:30:11 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Only one man voted against all four pieces of legislation: freshman Rep. Bobby Bright (AL-2), whose district went to McCain by 26%. The full breakdown is below the jump. We can't expect our Democratic majorities to vote in lock-step on every vote. ... '-2':24 '26':31 'al':23 'man':11 'one':10 'rep':20 'four':15 'full':33 'jump':38 'lock':50 'mydd':1,55 'piec':16 'step':51 'vote':12,47,54 'went':27 'bobbi':21 'everi':53 'major':45 'peopl':6 'polit':8 'power':7 'whose':25 'bright':22 'direct':2 'expect':42 'legisl':18 'mccain':29 'democrat':44 'district':26 'freshman':19 'breakdown':34 'democraci':3 'lock-step':49 'people-pow':5 6631581 false true google blog MyDD http://www.mydd.com/ OK http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/11/8/231434/205 400092 Person republican Mon Nov 09 10:30:11 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Once a year, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao gives the Washington establishment a little jolt. In December 2008, the nationally unknown Vietnamese community activist captured a seat for Republicans in majority-black New Orleans, becoming an instant — al 'al':46 'anh':1,13 'cao':3,15 'new':41 'rep':12 'top':48 '2008':25 'give':16 'hous':5 'jolt':4,22 'seat':34 'year':11 'allen':7 'becom':43 'black':40 'littl':21 'major':39 'stori':49 'captur':32 'decemb':24 'joseph':2,14 'nation':27 'orlean':42 'instant':45 'unknown':28 'activist':31 'jonathan':6 'politico':47 'communiti':30 'establish':19 'vietnames':29 'republican':36 'washington':18 'politico.com':8 'majority-black':38 6631580 false true google blog POLITICO Top Stories http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29299.html 400092 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 21:47:22 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Artur Davis is running for Governor of Alabama and obviously thinks he has to vote that way to win. His district is extremely Democratic and mostly African-American. It's vital to get a real Democrat in that seat. Charlie Melancon is running for Senat 'fdl':1 'get':44 'run':14,54 'way':27 'win':29 'back':10 'care':7 'davi':12 'desk':3 'hous':4 'look':9 'most':36 'news':2 'pass':5 'real':46 'seat':50 'vote':25 'artur':11 'senat':56 'think':21 'vital':42 'charli':51 'extrem':33 'health':6 'reform':8 'african':38 'alabama':18 'obvious':20 'american':39 'democrat':34,47 'district':31 'governor':16 'melancon':52 'firedoglak':57 'african-american':37 6623627 false true google blog Firedoglake http://news.firedoglake.com/ OK http://news.firedoglake.com/2009/11/08/house-passes-health-care-reform-looking-back/ 400092 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 21:47:38 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...where the private sector disappears and the government is in the business of providing health care."  And yet, no doubt, Artur Davis himself is the beneficiary of a gov't run healthcare program, which I'm sure he has no problem with taking advatage of 'm':40 'gov':33 'run':35 'yet':22 'busi':16 'care':20 'davi':26 'mydd':50 'sure':41 'take':47 'artur':25 'doubt':24 'govern':12 'health':19 'privat':7 'provid':18 'reform':4 'sector':8 'advatag':48 'problem':45 'program':37 'democrat':1 'disappear':9 'healthcar':3,36 'beneficiari':30 6623661 false true daylife MyDD http://www.mydd.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mydd/~3/tR0qL3Gp6Ek/351 400092 Person congress Sun Nov 08 21:47:23 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Dan Boren tops the list of Democrats voting 'no' on health care HR 3962. Boren, from my home state of Oklahoma, is our only Democrat in congress. See a list Democrat congressmen voting no on HR 3962 below, along with a link to the actual bill 'hr':24,47 'dan':8,12 'nay':7 'rep':11 'see':39 'top':14 '3962':25,48 'bill':57 'care':23 'home':29 'link':53 'list':16,41 'vote':6,19,44 'along':50 'boren':9,13,26 'maggi':1,58 'state':30 'actual':56 'health':22 'congress':38 'democrat':5,18,36,42 'notebook':3,60 'oklahoma':32 'pelosicar':4 'congressmen':43 6623629 false true google blog Maggie's Notebook http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/ OK http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/11/pelosicare-democrats-voting-nay-dan.html 400092 Person congress Sun Nov 08 21:47:22 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Let's look at this systematically. Starting, as you say, with LA-02. And Artur Davis' district, etc. There is a most-efficient way to distribute energy and money to increasing progressive strength in Congress, and we need to figure out ... 'la':20 '-02':21 'etc':26 'let':9 'say':18 'way':33 'davi':24 'left':2,52 'look':11 'need':47 'open':1,51 'page':54 'amend':5 'artur':23 'figur':49 'front':53 'money':38 'start':15 'effici':32 'energi':36 'stupak':4 'increas':40 'congress':44 'district':25 'progress':41 'strength':42 'systemat':14 'distribut':35 'most-effici':30 6623625 false true google blog Open Left - Front Page http://www.openleft.com/ OK http://www.openleft.com/diary/15926/a-stupak-amendment-of-our-own