NASHVILLE, TN – Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney released the following statement after Tennessee Democrat Reps. Steve Cohen, Jim Cooper, and Bart Gordon fell in line behind Speaker Pelosi and voted in favor of a government takeover of health care:

“Plain and simple, these Democrats just did exactly what their constituents didn’t want them to do,” said Devaney. “Reps. Cohen, Cooper, and Gordon may have handed President Obama and Speaker Pelosi a victory, but in the process they defeated the people of Tennesse who overwhelmingly oppose this bill. The unbridled arrogance and irresponsibility demonstrated by Democrats today has just given Tennesseans another reason to vote for Republicans in November.”

Republican Reps. Blackburn, Duncan, Roe and Wamp all voted against the proposal.