The House will debate and vote on medical malpractice today.

Phil Gingrey - R- is coming on C-span to discuss it at 9 AM.

Another Bush program to protect doctors not the patients.

Big business protections.

Caps on lawsuits: $250,000 cap

Protections for medical devices and pharma manufacturers if they "acted in good faith" - punitive damages would not apply.

SCOTUS nominee Roberts is a "trial lawyer". Republicans pick and choose which lawyers they like.

Doctors against lawyers.

An OBGYN said they need help.

A woman caller said "the public is not that stupid" to believe the propaganda from Gingrey or Bush.

Gingrey says the polls show 78% say there should be a cap on pain and suffering lawsuits.

HR 5

Contact your representatives to vote against this bill.

Gingrey got a woman who brought up the Schiavo case - Gingrey along with Frist made a medical opinion for Schiavo without actually seeing her. The lady said he was unethical. He said he still sticks to his opinions - they did not know the truth until the autopsy.

To view the discussion with Gingrey if you missed it.

Go to http://www.c-span.org

Click on Washington Journal

Find his segment

HR 5 is being discussed now in the House.

This bill did not go through any committee and was sprung on the democrats today.

Contact your congressperson now!

Do not vote for HR 5.

Vote for the Conyers motion to recommit.

Democrat's motion to recommit is failing on a party-line vote except for 1 democrat so far who vote with republicans.

Final vote is up now. More democrats are voting with the republicans.