CNY: U.S. Reps. Maffei, Arcuri, Owens vote for historic health care reform bill

By Mark Weiner / The Post-Standard
November 07, 2009

Washington -- Central New York’s three Democratic congressmen stood with their party Saturday night and voted for the landmark health care reform legislation that narrowly passed the House of Representatives.

The bill was approved at 11:16 p.m. by a vote of 220 to 215, with only one Republican supporting the legislation. A total of 39 Democrats split with their party and opposed the bill. Democrats needed 218 votes for passage.

Reps. Dan Maffei, D-DeWitt, and Michael Arcuri, D-Utica, had been undecided until Saturday about whether to join their Democratic leaders and support the legislation. the rest