B001264 1205 Longworth House Office Building https://forms.house.gov/bright/contact-form.shtml 2 202-225-8913 Bobby 'd':4 '-2':6 'al':5 'rep':1 'bobbi':2,7,9 'bright':3,8,10 M 412267 Bright Rep. Bobby Bright [D, AL-2] N00029838 4558 Democrat 202-225-2901 AL Bobby Bright 5.22727272727273 http://www.bright.house.gov/ 412267 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 10:23:46 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...do the independent-minded voters who split their tickets to send them to Washington in the first place. For instance, in both Bobby Bright's Alabama 2nd and Walt Minnick's Idaho 1st, McCain-Palin bested Obama-Biden by 26 percentage points. The GOP natio '26':56 '39':2 '1st':47 '2nd':41 'gop':60 'best':51 'bill':13 'care':12 'hous':3 'mind':18 'send':25 'vote':6 'walt':43 'biden':54 'bobbi':37 'daili':63 'first':31 'idaho':46 'natio':61 'obama':53 'palin':50 'parti':9 'place':32 'point':58 'polit':62 'split':21 'voter':19 'bright':38 'health':11 'mccain':49 'ticket':23 'alabama':40 'instanc':34 'minnick':44 'democrat':4 'independ':17 'percentag':57 'washington':28 'obama-biden':52 'mccain-palin':48 'independent-mind':16 6615635 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/ 412267 Person rep\. Sun Nov 08 10:23:46 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...lead some larger companies to drop coverage because they can avoid the requirement by paying a penalty. Alabama Rep. Bobby Bright, D-Montgomery, cited the House bill's inclusion of a government-backed health insurance option as well as a projected long- 'd':33 'pay':25 'rep':29 'back':45 'bill':6,38 'care':5 'cite':35 'drop':16 'hous':37 'lead':11 'long':54 'well':50 'avoid':21 'bobbi':30 'deleg':10 'insur':47 'littl':1 'bright':31 'govern':44 'health':4,46 'inclus':40 'larger':13 'option':48 'requir':23 'alabama':8,28,56 'compani':14 'coverag':17 'everyth':55 'penalti':27 'project':53 'support':2 'montgomeri':34 'mississippi':9 'd-montgomeri':32 'government-back':43 6615634 true true daylife Everything Alabama http://www.al.com/ OK http://blog.al.com/live/2009/11/little_support_for_health_care.html 412267 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 21:33:25 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to address Democrats at the Capitol today. Other key Blue Dogs, including Gene Taylor of Mississippi's 4th District and Bobby Bright of Alabama, say they will vote against the measure. Rep. Charlie Melancon of Louisiana, co-chair of the Blue Dog Coaliti 'co':42 'go':2 '4th':22 'dem':4 'dog':15,47 'key':13 'rep':36 'say':29 'blue':14,46 'gene':17 'vote':32 'bobbi':25 'chair':43 'today':11 'bright':26 'charli':37 'includ':16 'ledger':52 'measur':35 'taylor':18 'address':6 'alabama':28 'capitol':10 'childer':1 'clarion':51 'coaliti':48 'co-chair':41 'democrat':7 'district':23 'melancon':38 'louisiana':40 'mississippi':20 'clarion-ledg':50 6611410 true true daylife The Clarion-Ledger http://www.clarionledger.com/ OK http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091107/NEWS/911070349/1001/RSS01 412267 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 21:33:25 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...bill will not reduce long-term costs, and our debt and deficits will suffer and balloon in the years ahead," said Rep. Bobby Bright, D-Ala., a freshman. "I don't think they (Democratic leaders) have done enough to address the costs at the root of this p 'd':35 'p':58 'ala':36 'rep':31 'bill':8,9 'care':7 'cost':16,52 'debt':19 'done':47 'hous':2 'long':14 'mani':1 'news':61 'root':55 'said':30 'term':15 'year':28 'ahead':29 'bobbi':32 'd-ala':34 'reduc':12 'still':4 'think':42 'bright':33 'enough':48 'health':6 'leader':45 'resist':5 'suffer':23 'address':50 'balloon':25 'deficit':21 'democrat':3,44,62 'freshman':38 'bellevill':59 'long-term':13 'news-democrat':60 6601325 true true daylife Belleville News-Democrat http://www.bnd.com/ OK http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/998292.html 412267 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 21:33:26 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Eric Massa (N.Y.), Frank Kratovil (Md.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.), Walt Minnick (Idaho), Harry Teague (N.M.), and Mike McMahon (N.Y.).  It is unclear what is 'md':22 'ny':1 'ala':35 'dem':3 'fla':38 'jim':23 'n.c':32 'n.m':44 'n.y':19,48 'pro':9 's.d':29 'bank':4 'bill':14 'eric':17 'life':10 'mike':46 'time':2 'utah':25 'walt':39 'bobbi':33 'frank':20 'harri':42 'idaho':41 'kosma':37 'larri':30 'later':6 'massa':18 'teagu':43 'bright':34 'kissel':31 'squeez':7 'suzann':36 'herseth':27 'languag':11 'mcmahon':47 'minnick':40 'pro-lif':8 'sandlin':28 'unclear':51 'committe':16 'kratovil':21 'matheson':24 'stephani':26 'lifesite.net':54 6611412 true true daylife LifeSite.net http://www.lifesite.net/ OK http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/nov/09110705.html 412267 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 21:33:26 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Eric Massa (N.Y.), Frank Kratovil (Md.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.), Walt Minnick (Idaho), Harry Teague (N.M.), and Mike McMahon (N.Y.) have all bucked their pa 'md':16 'pa':47 'ala':29 'fla':32 'jim':17 'n.c':26 'n.m':38 'n.y':13,42 's.d':23 'buck':45 'come':3 'eric':11 'face':5 'hill':49 'last':8 'mike':40 'push':10 'utah':19 'walt':33 'bobbi':27 'frank':14 'harri':36 'idaho':35 'kosma':31 'larri':24 'massa':12 'minut':9 'teagu':37 'bright':28 'defect':2 'kissel':25 'suzann':30 'herseth':21 'mcmahon':41 'minnick':34 'sandlin':22 'democrat':1 'kratovil':15 'matheson':18 'stephani':20 'last-minut':7 6611413 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66807-democratic-defections-come-in-face-of-last-minute-push 412267 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 21:33:25 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...three Democratic freshmen from McCain districts who announced their opposition to the health care bill Friday are: Reps. Bobby Bright of Alabama., Walt Minnick of Idaho, and Suzanne Kosmas of Florida. Two who announced their opposition earlier: Reps. 'rep':26,46 'two':40 'usa':47 'bill':8,23 'care':7,22 'walt':31 'bobbi':27 'idaho':34 'kosma':37 'three':9 'today':48 'bright':28 'friday':24 'health':6,21 'mccain':13 'suzann':36 'vulner':1 'abandon':4 'alabama':30 'announc':16,42 'earlier':45 'florida':39 'minnick':32 'opposit':18,44 'democrat':2,10 'district':14 'freshman':3 'freshmen':11 6601324 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~3/dWh4BeCVDSM/vulnerable-democratic-freshman-abandon-the-health-care-bill.html 412267 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 21:33:53 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...list, six represent districts that voted for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) over Obama for president in 2008. Freshman Reps. Bobby Bright (D-Ala.) and Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) each represents a district that favored McCain by a margin of 26 points. The other 'd':31,37 'r':18 '10':2 '26':50 'cq':54 'ala':32 'rep':27 'sen':14 'six':8 'top':1 '2008':25 'ariz':19 'hous':5 'john':15 'list':7 'vote':12 'walt':34 'bobbi':28 'd-ala':30 'favor':44 'idaho':38 'obama':21 'point':51 'polit':55 'bright':29 'margin':48 'mccain':16,45 'member':6 'presid':23 'r-ariz':17 'repres':9,40 'vulner':4 'd-idaho':36 'minnick':35 'district':10,42 'freshman':26 6578384 true true daylife CQ Politics http://www.cqpolitics.com/president_2008/index.html OK http://www.cqpolitics.com/news-000003239043 412267 Person rep\. Tue Nov 03 21:33:36 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...intervention in their day-to-day lives, and right now the public option as proposed is contrary to that," said Rep. Bobby Bright, D-Ala. New York lawmakers and health policy analysts predicted that their state would embrace a public plan to increase the 'd':38 'ala':39 'day':17,19 'new':40 'rep':34 'say':12 'care':9 'live':20 'news':61 'plan':55 'said':33 'york':41 'bobbi':35 'd-ala':37 'littl':5 'right':22 'state':50 'would':3,51 'bright':36 'embrac':52 'expand':7 'expert':11 'health':8,44 'lawmak':42 'option':2,26 'polici':45 'propos':28 'public':1,25,54 'analyst':46 'coverag':10 'increas':57 'predict':47 'contrari':30 'democrat':62 'bellevill':59 'intervent':13 'day-to-day':16 'news-democrat':60 6570653 true true daylife Belleville News-Democrat http://www.bnd.com/ OK http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/991838.html 412267 Person rep\. Thu Oct 29 21:33:20 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...access to its primary water source. “The consensus of everyone in that room today was to get these governor’s together,” said Rep. Bobby Bright, D-Ala. A federal judge ruled in July that the Atlanta region was illegally tapping Lake Lanier. He sai 'd':34 'ala':35 'get':24 'rep':30 'sai':52 'tap':48 'urg':2 'judg':38 'juli':41 'lake':49 'room':20 'rule':39 'said':29 'talk':7 'bobbi':31 'd-ala':33 'feder':37 'illeg':47 'sourc':13 'start':5 'today':21 'water':6,12 'access':8 'bright':32 'gazett':54 'lanier':50 'lawmak':1 'region':45 'tifton':53 'togeth':28 'atlanta':44 'everyon':17 'primari':11 'governor':3,26 'consensus':15 6527116 true true daylife Tifton Gazette http://www.tiftongazette.com/ OK http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_301225730.html 412267 Person rep\. Sun Nov 08 10:23:41 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 REP. BOBBY BRIGHT (D-AL): “H.R. 3962 contains a government option and surcharges and mandates on small businesses and individuals. People and small businesses across the country are struggling to make ends meet and this is no time to ... 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'37':27 '38':51 '40':35 '43':43 '45':19 '54':17 '55':41 '59':33 '62':49 '63':25 'ky':39 'va':31 'ala':23 'ben':37 'dog':6 'fla':15 'hcr':7 'rep':12,20,28,36,44,52 'blue':5 'boyd':14 'fail':10 'left':1,53 'miss':47 'page':57 'rick':29 'allen':13 'bobbi':21 'front':56 'obama':18,26,34,42,50 'travi':45 'would':8 'bright':22 'mccain':16,24,32,40,48 'alabama':3,55 'boucher':30 'childer':46 'without':4 'chandler':38 6615615 false true google blog Left In Alabama - Front Page http://www.leftinalabama.com/ OK http://www.leftinalabama.com/diary/5110/without-blue-dogs-hcr-would-have-failed-no-thanks-to-ours 412267 Person congress Sun Nov 08 10:23:42 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Jason Altmire, Joe Baca, John Barrow, Marion Berry, Sanford Bishop, John Boccieri, Dan Boren, Bobby Bright, Dennis Cardoza, Chris Carney, Ben Chandler, Travis Childers, Jim Cooper, Jim Costa, Jerry Costello, Henry Cuellar, Kathy Dahlkemper, Lincoln Davis, 'ben':30 'dan':22 'jim':34,36 'joe':12 'baca':13 'care':5 'davi':45 'john':14,20 'plus':2,47 'berri':17 'bobbi':24 'boren':23 'chris':28 'costa':37 'denni':26 'henri':40 'jason':10 'jerri':38 'kathi':42 'polit':1,46 'travi':32 'altmir':11 'barrow':15 'bishop':19 'bright':25 'carney':29 'cooper':35 'health':4 'marion':16 'reform':6 'cardoza':27 'childer':33 'cuellar':41 'editori':3 'lincoln':44 'perfect':8 'sanford':18 'boccieri':21 'chandler':31 'costello':39 'dahlkemp':43 6615621 false true google blog Politics Plus http://politicsplus.blogspot.com/ OK http://politicsplus.blogspot.com/2009/11/editorial-health-care-reform-not.html 412267 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 10:23:41 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Bobby Bright (AL). 10. Rep. Ben Chandler (KT). 11. Rep. Travis Childers (MS). 12. Rep. Artur Davis (AL). 13. Rep. Lincoln Davis (TN). 14. Rep. Chet Edwards (TX). 15. Rep. Bart Gordon (TN). 16. Rep. Parker Griffith (AL). 17. Rep. ... '10':16 '11':21 '12':26 '13':31 '14':36 '15':41 '16':46 '17':51 '39':5 'al':15,30,50 'kt':20 'ms':25 'tn':35,45 'tx':40 'ben':18 'rep':12,17,22,27,32,37,42,47,52 'bart':43 'chet':38 'davi':29,34 'post':3,55 'vote':8 'artur':28 'bobbi':13 'travi':23 'bright':14 'edward':39 'gordon':44 'parker':48 'pelosi':10 'childer':24 'freedom':2,54 'lincoln':33 'chandler':19 'democrat':6 'griffith':49 6615619 false true google blog THE FREEDOM POST http://www.myfreedompost.com/ OK http://www.myfreedompost.com/2009/11/39-democrats-who-voted-against-pelosis.html 412267 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 10:23:42 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... Donna Brazile, and Frank Luntz. CBS' Face The Nation: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Rep. Ike Skelton (D-M). Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, (D-FL), Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee and Ed Rollins, Republican Political '8':6 'd':21,33,40 'm':34 'r':27 'ed':48 'fl':41 'ri':22 'sc':28 'cbs':13 'd-m':32 'ike':30 'rep':29,35 'sen':17,23 '2009':7 'd-fl':39 'd-ri':20 'face':14 'head':4 'jack':18 'r-sc':26 'reed':19 'talk':3 'vice':42 'chair':43 'debbi':36 'donna':8 'frank':11 'luntz':12 'polit':51 'brazil':9 'graham':25 'nation':16,45 'novemb':5 'rollin':49 'sunday':2 'lindsey':24 'schultz':38 'skelton':31 'committe':46 'democrat':44 'wasserman':37 'firedoglak':1,52 'republican':50 6615631 false true google blog Firedoglake http://news.firedoglake.com/ OK http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/08/sunday-talking-heads-november-8-2009/ 412267 Person rep\. Sun Nov 08 10:23:41 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Bobby Bright (AL) Rep. Ben Chandler (KT) Rep. Travis Childers (MS) Rep. Artur Davis (AL) Rep. Lincoln Davis (TN) Rep. Chet Edwards (TX) Rep. Bart Gordon (TN) rep. Parker Griffith (AL) Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD) Rep. ... 'h':5 'o':6 'r':2 'u':3,7 'al':19,31,47 'kt':23 'ms':27 'sd':52 'tn':35,43 'tx':39 'ben':21 'rep':16,20,24,28,32,36,40,44,48,53 'bart':41 'care':13 'chet':37 'davi':30,34 'hous':9 'pass':10 'artur':29 'bobbi':17 'sweep':11 'travi':25 'articl':56 'bright':18 'edward':38 'gordon':42 'health':12 'legisl':15 'parker':45 'reform':14 'childer':26 'herseth':50 'lincoln':33 'sandlin':51 'chandler':22 'griffith':46 'stephani':49 'truthout':54 6615616 false true google blog Truthout - All Articles http://www.truthout.org/articles/feed OK http://www.truthout.org/1108091 412267 Person rep\. Sun Nov 08 10:23:42 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 But he and Rep. Massa of New York are the only two proponents of single-payer to vote against reform. And Massa is just looking for cover because his district is very conservative. What really happened is that Kucinich wants attention and wants to be .... 'new':12 'rep':9 'two':17 'look':31 'vote':24 'want':46,49 'york':13 'cover':33 'massa':10,28 'payer':22 'singl':21 'attent':47 'booman':1,52 'happen':42 'propon':18 'realli':41 'reform':26 'tribun':2,53 'conserv':39 'district':36 'kucinich':45 'progress':4 'communiti':5 'single-pay':20 6615632 false true google blog Booman Tribune http://www.boomantribune.com/ OK http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/11/8/02444/3105 412267 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 10:23:42 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Bobby Bright OH Ben Chandler KY Travis Childers MS Lincoln Davis TN Artur Davis AL Chet Edwards TX Bart Gordon TN Parker Griffith AL Tim Holden PA Stephanie Herseth Sandlin SD Dennis J. Kucinich OH, Larry Kissell NC ... And we would lose a good representa 'j':43 'al':25,34 'go':6,61 'ky':16 'ms':19 'nc':48 'oh':13,45 'pa':37 'sd':41 'tn':22,31 'tx':28 'ben':14 'bob':1,56 'tim':35 'bart':29 'blog':5,60 'chet':26 'davi':21,24 'good':54 'lose':52 'vote':10 'artur':23 'bobbi':11 'cesca':2,57 'denni':42 'larri':46 'travi':17 'would':51 'awesom':4,59 'bright':12 'edward':27 'gordon':30 'holden':36 'kissel':47 'parker':32 'childer':18 'herseth':39 'lincoln':20 'sandlin':40 'chandler':15 'democrat':8 'griffith':33 'kucinich':44 'stephani':38 'representa':55 6615625 false true google blog Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go! http://www.bobcesca.com/ OK http://www.bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2009/11/the_democratic_no_votes.html 412267 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 10:23:42 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 One unprincipled Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), now know as Joseph "Mao," voted for the bill. For all the turncoat "Democrats" who voted against: think what it means if an endangered Republican is re-elected BECAUSE of this vote. . 'r':18 'la':19 're':47 'cao':16 'mao':24 'one':11 'rep':14 'bill':28 'care':9 'know':21 'mean':40 'name':2,3 'r-la':17 'vote':10,25,35,52 'elect':48 'think':37 'defect':5 'endang':43 'health':8 'joseph':15,23 'democrat':33 're-elect':46 'turncoat':32 'republican':13,44 'unprincipl':12 'demconwatch':1,53 6615624 false true google blog DemConWatch http://www.demconwatchblog.com/ OK http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/2747/naming-names-who-defected-on-the-health-care-vote 412267 Person rep\. Sun Nov 08 10:23:42 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Joe Sestak (Pa.) Firm yes Mark Schauer (Mich.) NRCC quickly pounced on Schauer's support of bill Dina Titus (Nev.) Voted no in Education and Labor Committee Paul Tonko (NY) Leaning yes Tim Walz (Minn.) "I think we're getting there. ... 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