Mark Bruns

Broken Promises, Part XXII

This probably won't come as a surprise, but a lot of the House Republicans who voted against the plan to provide health care for 35,000 working parents, at no cost to the state, previously promised to fight for preventive health services and make health care a top priority when they were running for office last fall.

Still, it's worth noting that there were at least five House Republicans, including Majority Floor Leader Steve Tilley, who made written promises to fight for expanded access to health care when they signed the American Cancer Society's "State Cancer Promise", and then voted against the restoration of cuts for 35k parents. 

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