Earlier this week we received word that the Health Care Freedom Act, House Joint Resolution 57, would be debated on Tuesday. An action alert was sent out to our members and you responded in a huge way! The sponsor personally asked me to thank all of you who responded. Your contacts made a difference with the bill passing 113-40.

Many find it hard to believe that anyone could vote against a common sense bill that places before the people of Missouri the opportunity to vote on whether they wanted to have the option to participate or not participate in a government run health care program. As you can see from the vote, 40 Representatives did object.

It's not too late to weigh in. The House will be giving final approval to HJR 57 when they return from the legislative recess. If you haven't contacted your Representative or Senator, you can do so by going here.

Many of asked who voted for and who voted against the bill. Information is one of the things we try to provide to our members so here is the vote on HJR 57. Ayes voted in favor of letting the people of Missouri decide whether they want the options of opting out and Noes voted against letting the people vote on it.

AYES: 113

Allen Aull Ayres Biermann Bivins
Brandom Brown 30 Brown 149 Bruns Burlison
Casey Conway Cooper Cox Cunningham
Davis Day Denison Dethrow Dieckhaus
Diehl Dixon Dougherty Dugger Dusenberg
Emery Englund Ervin Faith Fallert
Fischer 107 Fisher 125 Flanigan Flook Frame
Franz Funderburk Gatschenberger Grill Grisamore
Guernsey Guest Harris Hobbs Hodges
Hoskins 121 Icet Jones 89 Jones 117 Keeney
Kingery Koenig Komo Kratky Kraus
Lair Largent Leara Liese Loehner
McNary Meadows Meiners Molendorp Munzlinger
Nance Nasheed Nieves Nolte Parkinson
Parson Pollock Pratt Quinn Riddle
Rucker Ruestman Ruzicka Salva Sander
Sater Scavuzzo Schaaf Schad Scharnhorst
Schieffer Schlottach Schoeller Schoemehl Self
Shively Silvey Smith 14 Smith 150 Stevenson
Stream Sutherland Swinger Thomson Tilley
Todd Tracy Viebrock Wallace Wasson
Wells Weter Wilson 119 Wilson 130 Witte
Wright Zerr Mr Speaker

NOES: 040

Atkins Bringer Brown 50 Burnett Calloway
Carter Corcoran Curls Holsman Hoskins 80
Hughes Hummel Jones 63 Kander Kelly
Kirkton Kuessner Lampe LeBlanc LeVota
Low McClanahan McNeil Morris Newman
Norr Oxford Pace Schupp Skaggs
Spreng Still Storch Talboy Walsh
Walton Gray Webb Webber Whitehead Yaeger

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 009

Chappelle-Nadal Colona Deeken Lipke McDonald
McGhee Roorda Vogt Zimmerman

VACANCIES: 001