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Md.'s Kratovil votes against health care bill
March 21, 2010 23:27 EDT
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Maryland's freshman Democratic Congressman Frank Kratovil says concerns over cost led him to ultimately oppose health care reform legislation in the U.S. House.
The House of Representatives voted 219-212 for the bill Sunday evening. It extends health care to tens of millions of Americans who lack it and tries to clamp down on insurance company abuses.
Kratovil and Maryland's lone Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett were the only two of the state's eight U.S. House members to oppose the bill.
Kratovil narrowly won Maryland's 1st District seat in 2008 and faces a tough re-election race this year. His likely GOP opponent is conservative state Sen. Andy Harris.
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