Lincoln and Pryor Turn Deaf Ear to Arkansas Constituents

Little Rock, AR – In response to Senator Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor’s decision to vote for the motion to proceed with Senator Harry Reid’s health care bill, Americans for Prosperity Arkansas State Director Teresa Oelke stated, “Today Senator Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor chose to move Arkansans one step closer to government run health care, which has been soundly rejected by 64% of the citizens they represent.”

Over the past three days, drawing record crowds, Americans for Prosperity “Hands Off My Health Care” bus tour has visited with thousands of Arkansans who are angry and disappointed their representatives in Washington have turned a deaf ear to their concerns about a government takeover of health care.

“This bill raises taxes by nearly a half trillion dollars, cuts Medicare by nearly a half trillion dollars, and spends $2.5 trillion when fully implemented. It is the wrong prescription for health care reform and the wrong prescription for our economy. Every vote Senator Lincoln and Pryor lend to its passage, is a vote in support of government run health care,” said Oelke.

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