Lawmakers Target of Anger Over Health Reform Votes

Over the last two weeks, congressional lawmakers spent time in their home districts explaining their votes for and against the new health reform law. In Virginia, Rep. Tom Perriello (D), who represents a mostly Republican district, has been targeted for supporting the law, while Reps. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) and Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.) -- both of whom are representing largely Democratic districts -- have had to explain why they voted against it.

• "Back Home, Defending Their Health Care Votes" (Fiore et al., Los Angeles Times, 4/12).