I've said time and time again that the Senate Bill is much better than the status quo. Those who support reform need to give Democrats more political coverage and remind them of the stakes. This is a come to Jesus moment for progressives. The Senate Bill is not getting any more progressive. We either take what we have (which is not a bad deal), or we accept nothing. If we accept nothing, we admit defeat. We admit Democrats are unfit to govern, that Democrats are weak, that the tea-partiers know what's best for America, that Republicans were more in touch all along, and we walk into a political bloodbath this November.
These are the political stakes. The moral stakes are higher. Insurance companies will continue to deny people based on pre-existing conditions, costs will continue to spiral out of control, more and more will continue to file for bankruptcy, the deficit will continue unabated until we are faced with the collapse of major entitlement programs, and more and more Americans will go without coverage. This is unacceptable.
I'm asking everyone to call your elected representatives and urge them to pass the Senate Bill. Go to this link for contact info.
Kevin Drum provides a helpful list of other Reps who could use a phone call:
| Public Option | Blue Dogs |
| Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) Corrine Brown (FL-03) Andre Carson (IN-07) Judy Chu (CA-32) Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) Mike Capuano (MA-08) John Conyers (MI-14) Elijah Cummings (MD-07) Bill Delahunt (MA-10) Lloyd Doggett (TX-25) Donna Edwards (MD-04) Keith Ellison (MN-05) Chaka Fattah (PA-02) Bob Filner (CA-51) Barney Frank (MA-14) Marcia Fudge (OH-11) Luis Gutierrez (IL-04) Alcee Hastings (FL-23) Maurice Hinchey (NY-22) Mazie Hirono (HI-02) Michael Honda (CA-15) Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02) Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) Hank Johnson (GA-04) Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13) Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) Barbara Lee (CA-09) Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) Eric Massa (NY-29) Jim McDermott (WA-07) Jim McGovern (MA-03) Gwen Moore (WI-04) Jerry Nadler (NY-08) Grace Napolitano (CA-38) John Olver (MA-01) Bill Pascrell (NJ-08) Donald Payne (NJ-10) Chellie Pingree (MN-01) Laura Richardson (CA-37) Lucille Roybal-Alard (CA-34) Linda Sanchez (CA-39) Jose Serrano (NY-16) Albio Sires (NJ-13) Jackie Spier (CA-12) Pete Stark (CA-13) Bennie Thompson (MS-02) John Tierney (MA-06) Ed Towns (NY-10) Nydia Valezquez (NY-12) Maxine Waters (CA-35) Diane Watson (CA-33) Mel Watts (NC-12) Lynn Woolsey (CA-06) John Yarmuth (KY-03) | Jason Altmire (PA-4) Mike Arcuri (NY-24) Joe Baca (CA-43) John Barrow (GA-12) Robert Marion Berry (AR-1) Sanford Bishop (GA-2) Dan Boren (OK-2) Leonard Boswell (IA-3) Allen Boyd (FL-2) Bobby Bright (AL-2) Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) Christopher Carney (PA-10) Ben Chandler (KY-6) Travis Childers (MS-1) Jim Cooper (TN-5) Jim Costa (CA-20) Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3) Lincoln Davis (TN-4) Joe Donnelly (IN-2) Brad Ellsworth (IN-8) Bill Foster (IL-14) Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8) Bart Gordon (TN-6) Jane Harman (CA-36) Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD-AL) Baron Hill (IN-9) Tim Holden (PA-17) Frank Kratovil (MD-1) Betsy Markey (CO-4) Jim Marshall (GA-8) Jim Matheson (UT-2) Mike McIntyre (NC-7) Charlie Melancon (LA-3) Mike Michaud (ME-2) Walt Minnick (ID-1) Dennis Moore (KS-3) Patrick Murphy (PA-8) Scott Murphy (NY-20) Glenn Nye (VA-2) Collin Peterson (MN-7) Earl Pomeroy (ND-AL) Mike Ross (AR-4) John Salazar (CO-3) Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) Adam Schiff (CA-29) Kurt Schrader (OR-5) David Scott (GA-13) Heath Shuler (NC-11) |
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