Breaking! Three more Senators Signal their Support for Public Option Under Reconciliation!!

[laughingliberal]

Adam Green, Boldprogressives. org just announced it on Ed! No link yet!



:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :party: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

edited to add smileys! I'm enjoying this. A rare opportunity to celebrate news!

[WhiteTara]

1. does that make 40? Almost there n/t

[laughingliberal]

4. It does make 40

Didn't catch all 3 names but Dorgan was one of them.

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. K&R

[laughingliberal]

2. More: Green just said Obama's current bill is polling at about 35% as is, 60% with PO

Stated they are finding this in state after state.

And he's calling our Rockerfeller for his recent 'risk aversion.'

[onehandle]

3. The total was 35 back when Bill Clinton tried this. It's now or never. nt

[laughingliberal]

6. +1 nt

[laughingliberal]

5. Bill Press talking about Green's organization being grass roots at its best

Susan Molinari (R) spewing right wing garbage about D's losing if they move further left. Pfffft!

[KittyWampus]

8. At this point, if the Demcratic party establishment moved further left we'd just be approaching the

middle. Around where Nixon was.

[laughingliberal]

10. Just about nails it. nt

[polichick]

11. Ain't that the truth!

[opihimoimoi]

7. GOP Ops seen planting tons of TNT at the LogJam....They are blowing up the Obstacle, The Greek Bldg

[laughingliberal]

16. Lol! nt

[laughingliberal]

9. Anyone here from WV? Start hammering Rockerfeller

Cause I think we're gonna get within 1 to 2 votes. And Rockerfeller has voiced support all along for the PO until it came up about doing it under reconciliation.

[Mike 03]

12. Are Max Baucus and Jay Rockefeller on board? They should be. NT

[laughingliberal]

13. Rockerfeller has said no at this point

Baucus is an unknown

[Mike 03]

14. Oh No!!! That is so hard to believe. He would be perfect to support this. NT

[laughingliberal]

15. It's been very weird. He was one of the most vocal supporters of PO

but has come out a couple of weeks ago with some weird statement about how he doesn't agree with doing it under reconciliation.

[Warpy]

17. I sent one of my famous nasty emails to my balky Senator

after our other Senator signed it.

I got an email from him a couple of days ago, a rather nice one that didn't seem like a form letter, two days after he'd signed on for the public option under reconciliation.

I'm impressed.

[Change Happens]

18. This makes 40, THEREFORE: ALL Future calls and emails must be directed at the WH

Obama and crew need to hear from us!!!

At 40, he HAS TO get behind it!

OMG, I am very excited and hopefull...

:fistbump:

[laughingliberal]

19. Absolutely! Because I suspect we have a few more than 40

I think we have some who have not said publicly but will support it. We are, likely, down to 1 or 2 who could be swayed by support from the White House.

If he doesn't, it might tell a story we don't care for.

[saracat]

20. That rocks. Celebrate indeed!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Mumble]

21. The simplest solution...

..to health care reform would be to lower the age requirement for medicare by 2-5 years every year and gradually work everyone into the system even if it took 10-20 years to get everyone in. Minimal disruption to the total health care system with gradual change. BUT, nobody wants to do the simple and easy way of reform.

[laughingliberal]

22. It's exciting, isn't it?

Kind of like back when the people could influence their representatives!

:)

[saracat]

23. And gives credibility back to those who don't want to support HCR without a PO!

[NYC_SKP]

24. Kick. This is an action item. Who has a list of the 40? Who do we need to call to get on board?

:shrug:

(recommend)

[laughingliberal]

25. Here's a site that's keeping up and it is up to date as of the 3 today

http://whipcongress.com/?source=bp

The unknowns are those who have not committed yet. Now, we know some of them are a 'no' like Lincoln, Conrad, Nelson, Lieberman, Bayh, but that leaves quite a few there that could join us.

[NYC_SKP]

26. Thanks! I signed. There's also a list of 120 reps who've signed on (more to come).

Senators:

40 senators have spoken out so far — including Harry Reid
Name Status
Sen. Daniel Akaka HI Statement
Sen. Max Baucus MT Unknown
Sen. Evan Bayh IN Unknown
Sen. Mark Begich AK Unknown
Sen. Michael Bennet CO Letter
Sen. Jeff Bingaman NM Statement
Sen. Barbara Boxer CA Letter
Sen. Sherrod Brown OH Letter
Sen. Roland Burris IL Letter
Sen. Robert Byrd WV Unknown
Sen. Maria Cantwell WA Statement
Sen. Benjamin Cardin MD Statement
Sen. Thomas Carper DE Unknown
Sen. Robert Casey PA Statement
Sen. Kent Conrad ND Unknown
Sen. Christopher Dodd CT Statement
Sen. Byron Dorgan ND Statement
Sen. Richard Durbin IL Statement
Sen. Russell Feingold WI Statement
Sen. Dianne Feinstein CA Letter
Sen. Al Franken MN Letter
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand NY Letter
Sen. Kay Hagan NC Unknown
Sen. Tom Harkin IA Unknown
Sen. Daniel Inouye HI Letter
Sen. Tim Johnson SD Letter
Sen. Ted Kaufman DE Statement
Sen. John Kerry MA Letter
Sen. Amy Klobuchar MN Statement
Sen. Herb Kohl WI Unknown
Sen. Mary Landrieu LA Unknown
Sen. Frank Lautenberg NJ Letter
Sen. Patrick Leahy VT Letter
Sen. Carl Levin MI Letter
Sen. Blanche Lincoln AR Unknown
Sen. Claire McCaskill MO Unknown
Sen. Robert Menendez NJ Letter
Sen. Jeff Merkley OR Letter
Sen. Barbara Mikulski MD Letter
Sen. Patty Murray WA Statement
Sen. Bill Nelson FL Unknown
Sen. Ben Nelson NE Unknown
Sen. Mark Pryor AR Unknown
Sen. Jack Reed RI Letter
Sen. Harry Reid NV Statement
Sen. John Rockefeller WV Unknown
Sen. Bernie Sanders VT Letter
Sen. Charles Schumer NY Letter
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen NH Letter
Sen. Arlen Specter PA Letter
Sen. Debbie Stabenow MI Letter
Sen. Jon Tester MT Statement
Sen. Mark Udall CO Statement
Sen. Tom Udall NM Letter
Sen. Mark Warner VA Unknown
Sen. Jim Webb VA Unknown
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse RI Letter
Sen. Ron Wyden OR Statement

Candidates: Elaine Marshall (NC), Bill Halter (AR)

Representatives:

Name Status
Rep. Neil Abercrombie HI-01 Letter
Rep. Gary Ackerman NY-05 Letter
Rep. John Adler NJ-03 Unknown
Rep. Jason Altmire PA-04 Unknown
Rep. Robert Andrews NJ-01 Unknown
Rep. Michael Arcuri NY-24 Unknown
Rep. Joe Baca CA-43 Unknown
Rep. Brian Baird WA-03 Unknown
Rep. Tammy Baldwin WI-02 Letter
Rep. John Barrow GA-12 Unknown
Rep. Melissa Bean IL-08 Unknown
Rep. Xavier Becerra CA-31 Unknown
Rep. Shelley Berkley NV-01 Unknown
Rep. Howard Berman CA-28 Letter
Rep. Marion Berry AR-01 Unknown
Rep. Timothy Bishop NY-01 Unknown
Rep. Sanford Bishop GA-02 Unknown
Rep. Earl Blumenauer OR-03 Letter
Rep. John Boccieri OH-16 Unknown
Rep. Dan Boren OK-02 Unknown
Rep. Leonard Boswell IA-03 Letter
Rep. Rick Boucher VA-09 Unknown
Rep. Allen Boyd FL-02 Unknown
Rep. Robert Brady PA-01 Letter
Rep. Bruce Braley IA-01 Unknown
Rep. Bobby Bright AL-02 Unknown
Rep. Corrine Brown FL-03 Letter
Rep. G. Butterfield NC-01 Unknown
Rep. Lois Capps CA-23 Letter
Rep. Michael Capuano MA-08 Letter
Rep. Dennis Cardoza CA-18 Unknown
Rep. Russ Carnahan MO-03 Unknown
Rep. Christopher Carney PA-10 Unknown
Rep. Andre Carson IN-07 Letter
Rep. Kathy Castor FL-11 Unknown
Rep. Ben Chandler KY-06 Unknown
Rep. Travis Childers MS-01 Unknown
Rep. Judy Chu CA-32 Letter
Rep. Yvette Clarke NY-11 Letter
Rep. William Clay MO-01 Letter
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver MO-05 Letter
Rep. James Clyburn SC-06 Unknown
Rep. Steve Cohen TN-09 Letter
Rep. Gerry Connolly VA-11 Unknown
Rep. John Conyers MI-14 Letter
Rep. Jim Cooper TN-05 Unknown
Rep. Jim Costa CA-20 Unknown
Rep. Jerry Costello IL-12 Unknown
Rep. Joe Courtney CT-02 Letter
Rep. Joseph Crowley NY-07 Unknown
Rep. Henry Cuellar TX-28 Unknown
Rep. Elijah Cummings MD-07 Letter
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper PA-03 Unknown
Rep. Artur Davis AL-07 Unknown
Rep. Susan Davis CA-53 Letter
Rep. Lincoln Davis TN-04 Unknown
Rep. Danny Davis IL-07 Letter
Rep. Peter DeFazio OR-04 Letter
Rep. Diana DeGette CO-01 Unknown
Rep. Bill Delahunt MA-10 Letter
Rep. Rosa DeLauro CT-03 Unknown
Rep. Norman Dicks WA-06 Unknown
Rep. John Dingell MI-15 Unknown
Rep. Lloyd Doggett TX-25 Letter
Rep. Joe Donnelly IN-02 Unknown
Rep. Michael Doyle PA-14 Letter
Rep. Steve Driehaus OH-01 Unknown
Rep. Chet Edwards TX-17 Unknown
Rep. Donna Edwards MD-04 Letter
Rep. Keith Ellison MN-05 Letter
Rep. Brad Ellsworth IN-08 Unknown
Rep. Eliot Engel NY-17 Letter
Rep. Anna Eshoo CA-14 Letter
Rep. Bob Etheridge NC-02 Unknown
Rep. Sam Farr CA-17 Letter
Rep. Chaka Fattah PA-02 Letter
Rep. Bob Filner CA-51 Letter
Rep. Bill Foster IL-14 Unknown
Rep. Barney Frank MA-04 Letter
Rep. Marcia Fudge OH-11 Unknown
Rep. John Garamendi CA-10 Letter
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords AZ-08 Unknown
Rep. Charles Gonzalez TX-20 Letter
Rep. Bart Gordon TN-06 Unknown
Rep. Alan Grayson FL-08 Letter
Rep. Al Green TX-09 Letter
Rep. Gene Green TX-29 Letter
Rep. Raul Grijalva AZ-07 Letter
Rep. Luis Gutierrez IL-04 Letter
Rep. John Hall NY-19 Letter
Rep. Debbie Halvorson IL-11 Unknown
Rep. Phil Hare IL-17 Letter
Rep. Jane Harman CA-36 Letter
Rep. Alcee Hastings FL-23 Letter
Rep. Martin Heinrich NM-01 Letter
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin SD-01 Unknown
Rep. Brian Higgins NY-27 Letter
Rep. Baron Hill IN-09 Unknown
Rep. Jim Himes CT-04 Unknown
Rep. Maurice Hinchey NY-22 Letter
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa TX-15 Unknown
Rep. Mazie Hirono HI-02 Letter
Rep. Paul Hodes NH-02 Letter
Rep. Tim Holden PA-17 Unknown
Rep. Rush Holt NJ-12 Letter
Rep. Mike Honda CA-15 Letter
Rep. Steny Hoyer MD-05 Unknown
Rep. Jay Inslee WA-01 Letter
Rep. Steve Israel NY-02 Unknown
Rep. Jesse Jackson IL-02 Letter
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee TX-18 Letter
Rep. Hank Johnson GA-04 Letter
Rep. Eddie Johnson TX-30 Unknown
Rep. Steve Kagen WI-08 Unknown
Rep. Paul Kanjorski PA-11 Unknown
Rep. Marcy Kaptur OH-09 Letter
Rep. Patrick Kennedy RI-01 Letter
Rep. Dale Kildee MI-05 Letter
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick MI-13 Letter
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy OH-15 Letter
Rep. Ron Kind WI-03 Unknown
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick AZ-01 Unknown
Rep. Larry Kissell NC-08 Unknown
Rep. Ron Klein FL-22 Unknown
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas FL-24 Unknown
Rep. Frank Kratovil MD-01 Unknown
Rep. Dennis Kucinich OH-10 Unknown
Rep. James Langevin RI-02 Letter
Rep. Rick Larsen WA-02 Letter
Rep. John Larson CT-01 Unknown
Rep. Barbara Lee CA-09 Letter
Rep. Sandy Levin MI-12 Unknown
Rep. John Lewis GA-05 Letter
Rep. Dan Lipinski IL-03 Unknown
Rep. Dave Loebsack IA-02 Unknown
Rep. Zoe Lofgren CA-16 Letter
Rep. Nita Lowey NY-18 Letter
Rep. Ben Lujan NM-03 Letter
Rep. Stephen Lynch MA-09 Unknown
Rep. Dan Maffei NY-25 Letter
Rep. Carolyn Maloney NY-14 Letter
Rep. Betsy Markey CO-04 Unknown
Rep. Ed Markey MA-07 Letter
Rep. Jim Marshall GA-08 Unknown
Rep. Eric Massa NY-29 Unknown
Rep. James Matheson UT-02 Unknown
Rep. Doris Matsui CA-05 Letter
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy NY-04 Unknown
Rep. Betty McCollum MN-04 Unknown
Rep. Jim McDermott WA-07 Letter
Rep. Jim McGovern MA-03 Letter
Rep. Mike McIntyre NC-07 Unknown
Rep. Michael McMahon NY-13 Unknown
Rep. Jerry McNerney CA-11 Unknown
Rep. Kendrick Meek FL-17 Unknown
Rep. Gregory Meeks NY-06 Letter
Rep. Charlie Melancon LA-03 Unknown
Rep. Mike Michaud ME-02 Letter
Rep. George Miller CA-07 Letter
Rep. Brad Miller NC-13 Letter
Rep. Walter Minnick ID-01 Unknown
Rep. Harry Mitchell AZ-05 Unknown
Rep. Alan Mollohan WV-01 Unknown
Rep. Dennis Moore KS-03 Unknown
Rep. Gwen Moore WI-04 Letter
Rep. James Moran VA-08 Letter
Rep. Scott Murphy NY-20 Letter
Rep. Chris Murphy CT-05 Letter
Rep. Patrick Murphy PA-08 Letter
Rep. John Murtha PA-12 Unknown
Rep. Jerrold Nadler NY-08 Letter
Rep. Grace Napolitano CA-38 Letter
Rep. Richard Neal MA-02 Unknown
Rep. Glenn Nye VA-02 Unknown
Rep. Jim Oberstar MN-08 Letter
Rep. David Obey WI-07 Unknown
Rep. John Olver MA-01 Letter
Rep. Solomon Ortiz TX-27 Unknown
Rep. Bill Owens NY-23 Unknown
Rep. Frank Pallone NJ-06 Unknown
Rep. Bill Pascrell NJ-08 Unknown
Rep. Ed Pastor AZ-04 Unknown
Rep. Donald Payne NJ-10 Letter
Rep. Nancy Pelosi CA-08 Unknown
Rep. Ed Perlmutter CO-07 Unknown
Rep. Tom Perriello VA-05 Letter
Rep. Gary Peters MI-09 Unknown
Rep. Collin Peterson MN-07 Unknown
Rep. Chellie Pingree ME-01 Letter
Rep. Jared Polis CO-02 Letter
Rep. Earl Pomeroy ND-01 Unknown
Rep. David Price NC-04 Letter
Rep. Mike Quigley IL-05 Unknown
Rep. Nick Rahall WV-03 Unknown
Rep. Charles Rangel NY-15 Unknown
Rep. Silvestre Reyes TX-16 Unknown
Rep. Laura Richardson CA-37 Letter
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez TX-23 Unknown
Rep. Mike Ross AR-04 Unknown
Rep. Steve Rothman NJ-09 Letter
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard CA-34 Letter
Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger MD-02 Unknown
Rep. Bobby Rush IL-01 Unknown
Rep. Tim Ryan OH-17 Unknown
Rep. John Salazar CO-03 Unknown
Rep. Linda Sanchez CA-39 Letter
Rep. Loretta Sanchez CA-47 Unknown
Rep. John Sarbanes MD-03 Letter
Rep. Janice Schakowsky IL-09 Letter
Rep. Mark Schauer MI-07 Letter
Rep. Adam Schiff CA-29 Letter
Rep. Kurt Schrader OR-05 Unknown
Rep. Allyson Schwartz PA-13 Unknown
Rep. David Scott GA-13 Unknown
Rep. Robert Scott VA-03 Letter
Rep. Jose Serrano NY-16 Letter
Rep. Joe Sestak PA-07 Letter
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter NH-01 Letter
Rep. Brad Sherman CA-27 Letter
Rep. Heath Shuler NC-11 Unknown
Rep. Albio Sires NJ-13 Unknown
Rep. Ike Skelton MO-04 Unknown
Rep. Louise Slaughter NY-28 Unknown
Rep. Adam Smith WA-09 Unknown
Rep. Vic Snyder AR-02 Unknown
Rep. Zack Space OH-18 Unknown
Rep. Jackie Speier CA-12 Letter
Rep. John Spratt SC-05 Unknown
Rep. Pete Stark CA-13 Unknown
Rep. Bart Stupak MI-01 Unknown
Rep. Betty Sutton OH-13 Letter
Rep. John Tanner TN-08 Unknown
Rep. Gene Taylor MS-04 Unknown
Rep. Harry Teague NM-02 Unknown
Rep. Mike Thompson CA-01 Letter
Rep. Bennie Thompson MS-02 Unknown
Rep. John Tierney MA-06 Letter
Rep. Dina Titus NV-03 Unknown
Rep. Paul Tonko NY-21 Letter
Rep. Edolphus Towns NY-10 Letter
Rep. Niki Tsongas MA-05 Letter
Rep. Chris Van Hollen MD-08 Unknown
Rep. Nydia Velazquez NY-12 Letter
Rep. Peter Visclosky IN-01 Unknown
Rep. Tim Walz MN-01 Unknown
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz FL-20 Unknown
Rep. Maxine Waters CA-35 Letter
Rep. Diane Watson CA-33 Letter
Rep. Mel Watt NC-12 Letter
Rep. Henry Waxman CA-30 Unknown
Rep. Anthony Weiner NY-09 Letter
Rep. Peter Welch VT-01 Letter
Rep. Charles Wilson OH-06 Unknown
Rep. Lynn Woolsey CA-06 Letter
Rep. David Wu OR-01 Letter
Rep. John Yarmuth KY-03 Letter

Plus: Delegates Donna M. Christensen (D-VI) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC).

:patriot: