Healthcare Reform: Congressman Chaka Fattah calls for single up-or-down vote

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) issues the following statement calling for a single up-or-down vote on Healthcare Reform:

"I have been an advocate among my Congressional colleagues for a single, decisive up-or-down vote on Healthcare Reform. I will cast my vote in favor of the Senate Healthcare bill with corrections, just as a journalist's important story is published or broadcast with an editor's corrections.

"The chatter in Washington D.C. about various procedural methods for approving Healthcare Reform is simply the distraction of the day. It is generated by naysayers who want to kill this critical national imperative. The American public isn't interested in how we feel about arcane procedures and delaying tactics.

"Americans are demanding that we step up now, declare yea or nay on Healthcare Reform, and fix this broken, dysfunctional system. I strongly endorse the Senate proposal with corrections, and I am ready to cast that vote. Now."