| I received the following e-mail from Democracy for America today about the effort to get the Senate to pass the public option through reconciliation and while I was pleased to see that our state's senior Senator, Frank Lautenberg, was a signatory, NJ's junior Senator, Bankruptcy Bill Bob Menendez, who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, has not signed on to date.
Bertin -
Our campaign for the public option continues to gain momentum!
Members of DFA, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, CREDO Action and MoveOn have made over 20,000 phone calls to Senate Democrats and QUADRUPLED the number of senators who signed the letter calling on Harry Reid to pass the public option through "reconciliation."
Working together, we've added Dianne Feinstein (CA), Barbara Boxer (CA), Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Jack Reed (RI), Roland Burris (IL), Al Franken (MN), John Kerry (MA), Patrick Leahy (VT), Bernie Sanders (VT), Barbara Mikulski (MD), Tom Udall (NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) to the original four Healthcare Heroes.
That's going from Zero to 16 senators signed-on in just two days. Who's next? Well, it's up to you...
Call Senator Robert Menendez right now and demand he sign on -- this is his moment to be part of history.
CLICK HERE FOR THE PHONE NUMBER AND A SHORT SCRIPT
Make the call.
And if you've called already, call again.
Democrats in Washington are finally starting to unite on a way forward for healthcare reform that includes passing a public option using reconciliation. Let's make sure Senator Menendez stands up to lead the fight today.
Thank you for everything you do,
-Charles
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
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| I guess that I shouldn't be disappointed or even surprised by this. As DSCC Chair, Bankruptcy Bill Bob, anti-marriage equality voter, is probably trying to raise a lot of money from the insurance industry and their lobbyists, and now that the SCOTUS has eliminated any and all limitations or restrictions on how much money corporations can pour into the "democratic" process, I have no doubt that pro-DOMA voter, Bankruptcy Bill Bob, is taking his cues from Benjamin Franklin and the Dead Presidents on the dollars rather than his constituents.
As we have seen from the marriage equality effort, establishment Democrats like Bankruptcy Bill Bob, proud supporter of DOMA, don't respond well to reasonable arguments. They can only be bought off or threatened. Since we don't have the money to compete with the insurance industry, we have no choice but to resort to threats.
As I write this diary, teabagging wingnuts are trying to get 1.3 million signatures on a petition to recall the guy who voted for DOMA, Bankruptcy Bill Bob, and it is my opinion that if he is not willing to join the effort to pass the public option through reconciliation, progressives should help them and sign the petition. |
