Re: Tort reform for obstetricians fails in the Senate
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Mar 2 12:34:10 2004
Predictable - note that this vote was only to bring the matter to the
floor ... God forbid.
art
At Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
>
>Gee, I wonder how Edwards voted? Oh, he didn’t vote. Nor did Kerry. Kennedy
>voted against.
>
>Here are the votes
>
>--
>Grouped By Vote Position
>YEAs ---48
>Alexander (R-TN)
>Allard (R-CO)
>Allen (R-VA)
>Bond (R-MO)
>Brownback (R-KS)
>Bunning (R-KY)
>Burns (R-MT)
>Byrd (D-WV)
>Campbell (R-CO)
>Chafee (R-RI)
>Chambliss (R-GA)
>Cochran (R-MS)
>Coleman (R-MN)
>Collins (R-ME)
>Cornyn (R-TX)
>Craig (R-ID)
>DeWine (R-OH)
>Dole (R-NC)
>Domenici (R-NM)
>Ensign (R-NV)
>Enzi (R-WY)
>Fitzgerald (R-IL)
>Frist (R-TN)
>Grassley (R-IA)
>Gregg (R-NH)
>Hagel (R-NE)
>Hatch (R-UT)
>Hutchison (R-TX)
>Inhofe (R-OK)
>Kyl (R-AZ)
>Lott (R-MS)
>Lugar (R-IN)
>McCain (R-AZ)
>McConnell (R-KY)
>Murkowski (R-AK)
>Nickles (R-OK)
>Roberts (R-KS)
>Santorum (R-PA)
>Sessions (R-AL)
>Smith (R-OR)
>Snowe (R-ME)
>Specter (R-PA)
>Stevens (R-AK)
>Sununu (R-NH)
>Talent (R-MO)
>Thomas (R-WY)
>Voinovich (R-OH)
>Warner (R-VA)
>
>NAYs ---45
>Akaka (D-HI)
>Baucus (D-MT)
>Bayh (D-IN)
>Biden (D-DE)
>Bingaman (D-NM)
>Breaux (D-LA)
>Cantwell (D-WA)
>Carper (D-DE)
>Clinton (D-NY)
>Conrad (D-ND)
>Crapo (R-ID)
>Daschle (D-SD)
>Dayton (D-MN)
>Dodd (D-CT)
>Dorgan (D-ND)
>Durbin (D-IL)
>Feingold (D-WI)
>Feinstein (D-CA)
>Graham (D-FL)
>Graham (R-SC)
>Harkin (D-IA)
>Hollings (D-SC)
>Inouye (D-HI)
>Jeffords (I-VT)
>Kennedy (D-MA)
>Kohl (D-WI)
>Landrieu (D-LA)
>Lautenberg (D-NJ)
>Leahy (D-VT)
>Levin (D-MI)
>Lieberman (D-CT)
>Lincoln (D-AR)
>Mikulski (D-MD)
>Murray (D-WA)
>Nelson (D-FL)
>Nelson (D-NE)
>Pryor (D-AR)
>Reed (D-RI)
>Reid (D-NV)
>Rockefeller (D-WV)
>Sarbanes (D-MD)
>Schumer (D-NY)
>Shelby (R-AL)
>Stabenow (D-MI)
>Wyden (D-OR)
>
>Not Voting - 7
>Bennett (R-UT)
>Boxer (D-CA)
>Corzine (D-NJ)
>Edwards (D-NC)
>Johnson (D-SD)
>Kerry (D-MA)
>
>Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of
>GIN11153@aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:33 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Tort reform for obstetricians fails in the Senate
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>Listmates:
>
>The following article may be of interest to members on this list.
>"Organized
>medicine viewed a tort reform measure in the U.S. Senate aimed at helping
>obstetrician-gynecologists "a good first step," but the bill couldn't get a
>foot
>off the ground.
>Despite the legislation's narrow focus, supporters didn't have the 60 votes
>needed to block a Democratic filibuster. By a 48-45 vote on Feb. 24,
>Senators
>rejected the idea of limiting debate on the measure, which called for
>capping
>pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice cases against ob-gyns to
>$250,000."
>http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/03/08/gvsb0308.htm
>
>Gail Neuman RNC CPHW LNC
>listowner of LegalNurseConsulting@yahoogroups.com
>certified high risk OB/legal nurse consultant
>Tustin, CA
>
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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