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House OKs Exchange 41-29

Eye on Boise reports: The House has voted 41-29 in favor of HB 248, the governor’s health insurance exchange bill, after seven hours of debate. How they voted:

Voting yes : Reps. Anderson(01) , Anderson(31), Anderst, Bedke, Bell, Bolz, Burgoyne, Chew, Clow, Collins, Erpelding, Eskridge , Gannon, Gibbs, Hancey, Hartgen, Henderson , Hixon, Horman, Kauffman, King, Kloc, Malek , Meline, Miller, Morse , Packer, Pence, Perry, Raybould, Ringo, Romrell, Rusche, Smith, Thompson, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wills, Wood(27), Woodings, and Youngblood.

Voting no : Reps. Agidius, Andrus, Barbieri , Barrett, Bateman, Batt, Boyle, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Denney, Gestrin, Harris, Holtzclaw, Loertscher, Luker, McMillan, Mendive , Monks, Moyle, Nielsen, Palmer, Patterson, Shepherd, Sims , Stevenson, Trujillo, Vander Woude, and Wood(35)

Question: When it was all said and done — North Idaho representatives split 5-5 in the health exchange vote. Does that mean the 3 Kootenai County representatives who voted for it are now persona non grata is come local GOP circles? Or that they’re statesmen?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog