Email from Grayson -- His Medicare For All has FIFTY (50!) Sponsors!!!

[gateley]

Dear Mary Ellen,

We want Medicare.

So do 50 cosponsors of my bill, the Public Option Act. That's 50 cosponsors, after just one day.

This list of cosponsors includes five powerful Committee Chairmen: John Conyers, Nydia Velazquez, Barney Frank, Ed Towns, and Bob Filner.

It includes the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and both Co-Chairs of the Progressive Caucus.

And of course, it includes public option champions Anthony Weiner, Dennis Kucinich, Jared Polis, and Chellie Pingree.

Now THAT'S momentum!

Let's keep it going.

Ask your member of Congress to sign on to HR 4789, the Public Option Act.

You can find your member of Congress and write your message here.

Onward!

Courage,

Rep. Alan Grayson

[truedelphi]

1. Great news from one of the few real Democrats out there. n/t

[DFab420]

2. k&r

Such a man crush on him right now haha

Courage!!

[gateley]

4. Ha! Onward!! nt

[gimama]

3. EXCELLENT news!

thanks, AG, & thank YOU for posting this!:woohoo:

[lunatica]

5. That's great news!

Medicare sure took good care of my mother when she was dying and had Home Hospice. They provided everything and we didn't pay for a single thing, including her medication from before she was diagnosed.

[Little Star]

6. Here's to Alan Grayson!

:toast:

[Hepburn]

7. Most excellent news!

:applause:

[pleah]

8. K&R

[Uncle Joe]

9. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, gateley.:thumbsup:

[Better Today]

10. Unfortunately the motives of the House haven't really been at issue

for some time. It's the Senate that keeps screwing everything up. I'd be a lot more excited if there was any indication of Senate support.

[gateley]

12. It's my HOPE that if those in the Senate become aware of the support we're

giving those in the House, they will take notice and act accordingly. Especially since Grayson raked in more $$$ one month than anybody else did. If nothing else catches their attention, money will.

[Better Today]

15. I lost hope at this point. I fear I am entirely numb to even the concept.

[gateley]

17. Understood - and I know how you feel, but the recent happenings and steps

have started to thaw my numbness. Hang in there! :hi:

[Festivito]

21. Yup. /nt

[polichick]

11. Grayson is a true leader - k&r nt

[Auggie]

13. Just called my rep in support

I actually talked to human being too

[gateley]

18. Excellent! nt

[Jkid]

14. Alan Grayson is a cool Congressman. He's fights health insurance corps and isn't afraid of them

GOOD JOB!

[Ardent15]

16. K and R for Grayson

[GreenTea]

19. Great but where it's really needed it is in the senate where they are just 9 votes shy - Call the

remaining senators who have not signed nor committed - Just need nine more senators to make 50 (VP Biden would vote & make 51)!

PLEASE CALL THESE SENATORS AND DEMAND THEY SIGN ON TO THE BENNET LETTER SUPPORTING A PUBLIC OPTION AS PART OF RECONCILIATION.

Sen. Max Baucus MT [phone] [phone]

Sen. Evan Bayh IN [phone] [phone]

Sen. Mark Begich AK [phone] [phone]

Sen. Robert Byrd WV [phone] [phone]

Sen. Thomas Carper DE [phone] [phone]

Sen. Kent Conrad ND [phone] [phone]

Sen. Kay Hagan NC [phone] [phone]

Sen. Tom Harkin IA [phone] [phone]

Sen. Herb Kohl WI [phone] [phone]

Sen. Mary Landrieu LA [phone] [phone]

Sen. Blanche Lincoln AR [phone] [phone]

Sen. Claire McCaskill MO [phone] [phone]

Sen. Ben Nelson NE [phone] [phone]

Sen. Mark Pryor AR [phone] [phone]

Sen. John Rockefeller WV [phone] [phone]

Sen. Mark Warner VA [phone] [phone]

Sen. Jim Webb VA [phone] [phone]


54 Senators publicly open to using reconciliation to finish health reform. It is actually 55 if you trust Joe Lieberman, which no one should.
http://www.openleft.com/diary/17767/bill-nelson-comes-out-for-public-option-now-41-senators-in-favor-with-50-in-sight

[gateley]

20. Some won't sign -- like Harkin (Dean said) but will def vote for it. I spoke

w/Kay Hagen's office today and was told that although she hasn't made a statement, she has 'often' voted for public option in the past, which leads me to believe she may also vote for it, even if she doesn't sign the letter.

And Reid has already made it official that they are going to go ahead with reconciliation, has he addressed the PO do you know?

[PHIMG]

22. MEDICARE for ALL - HR676 - had about 92 co-sponsers

You need over a hundred for any hope of a committee hearing.

[BreweryYardRat]

23. Unfortunately, my House rep at the moment is a slobbering Republican crook.

Might write a letter to one of my senators, though.