Support Single Payer NOW – Action Alert

There will be two more days of closed door debate on Weiner’s bill. Light up the pressure.

Remember 2 key points: 76% of Americans Vote, and will not vote again for those who do not represent them.

And we have access to how much money they get from Insurance & Pharma.

Dear Diane,

Wow!! Thanks to your calls and emails on Friday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s amendment to let states adopt single-payer healthcare passed  the House Education and Labor Committee by 25-19 .

Of course the insurance industry will try to kill the Kucinich amendment during future votes, so we will watch carefully and keep you posted.

Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) will vote on Rep. Anthony Weiner’s amendment for an even better bill: universal (not state-by-state) single payer healthcare, Medicare for All ( H.R. 676 ).

Please call some of the Democrats on E&C right now and urge them to vote YES on Rep. Weiner’s single-payer amendment to the healthcare bill.

If you speak with a staffer, post their reply here:

http://www.democrats.com/weine…

You can also urge your Representatives to support a nationwide Single Payer Health Care plan (H.R. 676) by signing our petition:

http://www.democrats.com/singl…

And if you can be in DC on Thursday July 30, celebrate the 44th birthday of Medicare and rally/lobby for single-payer:

http://www.democrats.com/node/…

Thanks for all you do!

Bob Fertik

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Numbers below!

PRESSURE THEM! In light of Obama’s diving popularity, now is the time.

Sorry for a C&P post, but Go Denny, go Tony!!

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Energy & Commerce (202) 225-2927

Henry Waxman (Chair) (202) 225-3976

John Dingell, MI (202) 225-4071

Edward Markey, MA (202) 225-2836

Rick Boucher, VA (202) 225-3861

Frank Pallone, NJ (202) 225-4671

Bart Gordon, TN (202) 225-4231

Bobby L. Rush, IL (202) 225-4372

Anna G. Eshoo, CA (202) 225-8104

Bart Stupak, MI (202) 225-4735

Eliot L. Engel, NY (202) 225-2464

Gene Green, TX (202) 225-1688

Diana DeGette, CO (202) 225-4431

Lois Capps, CA (202) 225-3601

Mike Doyle, PA (202) 225-2135

Jane Harman, CA (202) 225-8220

Jan Schakowsky, IL (202) 225-2111

Charles Gonzalez, TX (202) 225-3236

Jay Inslee, WA (202) 225-6311

Tammy Baldwin, WI (202) 225-2906

Mike Ross, AR (202) 225-3772

Jim Matheson, UT (202) 225-3011

G.K. Butterfield, NC (202) 225-3101

Charlie Melancon, LA (202) 225-4031

John Barrow, GA (202) 225-2823

Baron P. Hill, IN (202) 225-5315

Doris O. Matsui, CA (202) 225-7163

Kathy Castor, FL (202) 225-3376

John P. Sarbanes, MD (202) 225-4016

Chris Murphy, CT (202) 225-4476

Zachary Space, OH (202) 225-6265

Jerry McNerney, CA (202) 225-1947

Betty Sutton, OH (202) 225-3401

Bruce L. Braley, IA (202) 225-2911

Peter Welch, VT (202) 225-4115


Here’s a little ammo from Mark C Eades:

http://www.opednews.com/articl…

These six senators – whom I’ll call the “Gang of Sickos” in honor of Michael Moore’s film on America’s health care crisis similarly titled – are Democrats Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and Ron Wyden of Oregon; Independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut; and Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine (Paul Krugman calls them “the six deadly hypocrites”). Their career total and average daily contributions from the health, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries are summarized by Paul Blumenthal at the Huffington Post based on figures from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).

Sicko #1: Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the ringleader of the group, has raised more than $2.2 million in campaign contributions from the health, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries over the course of his career according to Blumenthal, averaging more than $700 per day since taking office in January 2001.

Sicko #2: Democrat Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has raised more than $1.6 million in campaign contributions from the health, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries over the course of her career, averaging more than $300 per day since taking office in January 1997.

Sicko #3: Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon has raised more than $1.4 million in campaign contributions from the health, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries over the course of his career, averaging almost $300 per day since taking office in February 1996.

Sicko #4: Independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has raised almost $3.6 million in campaign contributions from the health, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries over the course of his career, averaging more than $500 per day since taking office in January 1989.

Sicko #5: Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine has raised more than $1.1 million in campaign contributions from the health, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries over the course of her career, averaging more than $200 per day since taking office in January 1995.

Sicko #6: Republican Susan Collins of Maine has raised almost $1.6 million in campaign contributions from the health, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries over the course of her career, averaging more than $300 per day since taking office in January 1997.

LIGHT THEM UP & PASS THIS ON!

Feel free to c&p my essay anywhere!

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    • Diane G on July 21, 2009 at 13:53
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