ACTION ALERT!- Weiner Back On: Get on those PHONES -Burn up those Wires !!!
Joanne O'Neill
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Breaking news from PNHP.
The Weiner amendment 'could' come to a floor vote on Friday or Saturday with maybe a 20 minute debate allowed. Your calls and faxes were instrumental in making this happen.
Now is the time to push hard on your congressperson to vote for the Weiner amendment. Even if it fails, it is very important to show that it has support. If the entire health reform bill fails, as it very well may, then Medicare For All has a real shot at enactment when Congress realizes it MUST address health care.
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You can also send a fax with your own words by clicking here. [ http://www.1payer.net/faxapp/senders/add/cid:8 ]
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There are numerous other faxes that support the Medicare For All idea. Take your pick.
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Then call your Congressperson. You can get the phone number [ here. http://www.1payer.net/faxapp/senders/policymakers/ ]
And call the Congressional bigwigs also. Here are the numbers:
Call Speaker Pelosi: (202) 225-4965Call Bill Floor Manager Rep. George Miller: (202) 225-2095
Call Bill Floor Manager Rep. Henry Waxman: (202) 225-3976
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Please call or fax your member of Congress TODAY and ask your member to support both amendments. Find your representative here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/dbq/officials/
If your representative is not a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), please make at least one more call to a CPC member in your state or in a neighboring state. Find CPC members here:
and their contact info here:
While it is more effective to call at this point, you can send an email here:
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=13819501&PROCESS=Take+Action
We need to separate the wheat from the chaff--the votes on these amendments will tell us who are friends are and who is worthy of our support in the next election.
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Congress Should Vote Down House Bill with Public Option
Most of the respondents to our poll (62% of 751) wanted to ask Democrats to dump the present health care bills. Jerry Call, one of the original Baucus arrestees, has now decided to take that position as well. As you know, Russell Mokhiber has been advocating that position now.
We now join those luminaries. Urge your Congressman to vote AGAINST the House health reform bill. The vote will occur at 6 pm on Saturday, as of today's news.[ http://www.1payer.net/faxapp/senders/add/cid:1 ]
Notably, the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has said that he may not be able to bring a bill to the floor before the end of the year. That means that there is more time -- and that is good for single payer Medicare For All.
Rep. Weiner relates that every day, Congressmen are coming up to him and saying with wonder "You know, maybe we should just lower the eligibility age for Medicare." The longer the health reform conundrum percolates in the Congress, the more likely it is that Medicare For All will become the obvious solution.
So send this fax and urge your Congressperson to oppose the House health reform bill with the 'public option' that doesn't do anything for the public.
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The next Central Jersey Health Care NOW meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wed. Nov. 11 at 7:45pm in the basement at the Reformed Church, 19 S. 2nd St. in Highland Park. Stay Tuned.
- Photos of the Sit In at Newark Blue Cross where 7 were arrested: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37896&id=1066590592&l=d7bde68bd0 Below is news article about that day:
http://blog.nj.com/njv_bob_braun/2009/10/7_prosters_arrested_after_bloc.htmlNJ.com (Star-Ledger / Trenton Times / Jersey Journal blog)
- Sign up on Mobilization for Health Care for All to keep up to date on activities being planned in New Jersey .
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UPDATE: National Action for UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
Act
Blue — 5 November 2009 — It takes
courage, and we need to show them how much we appreciate them for doing
so.
THESE ARE THE PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH GUTS TO
STAND UP to Big Insurance, Big Pharma and to the pressure from their own party
bosses.
They stood with the American people and ordinary working families when push came to shove and both political parties decided propping up a disastrous health care system and a corrupt Insurance Industry was more important than keeping the promise made over and over to working families.
These were the men and women who promised to vote against any health care reform bill that didn't include, at the minimum, a robust public option. 60 signed a letter to Secretary Sebelius and 18 took the FDL Pledge.
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http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/60-members-of-congress-say-no-public-plan-no-conference/
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Democratic members of Congress
need to understand that a healthcare reform bill with a Public Option is simply
not an option — it’s a requirement.
The congress members on this list have said in no uncertain terms that they will not vote for a bill without a public option all the way through Conference. That takes courage, and we need to show them how much we appreciate them for doing so.
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Sit-In Pelosi's Office for Single Payer!
12 brave activists were arrested because they entered Nancy Pelosi's office in California to get some answers.
They wanted to know why she broke her promise to hold votes on two single-payer amendments this fall.
They weren't leaving until the single-payer amendments were put back on the table.
Pelosi refused to speak to them. They were arrested for disrupting business as usual.
CALL PELOSI NOW! (415) 556-4862 and (202) 225-0100. Ask her to keep her promise on single-payer.
Demand that she keep her promises and put Kucinich Amendment in the bill and allow a Floor vote on the Weiner Amendment!
Tuesday, November 10, 9:00pm
Health care in other countries is examined.
Democrats File Final House Health Bill; Friday Vote Possible
Michael O'Brien - November 4, 2009, Washington, DC
View the Manager's Amendment here (PDF). http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_hr3962_dingell.pdf
Published by The Hill.
The vote on the House's healthcare reform legislation will not
be held until Friday evening at the earliest.
The House Rules Committee
posted the Manager's Amendment to the healthcare online Tuesday evening,
signifying the final legislation as having been officially sent to the floor.
[more]
http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/2009-11-04-08-32-30-news.php
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PDA / DFA Progressive Democracy South Jersey
Websites:
Local Chapter: http://groups.google.com/group/PDSJ or http://democracyforamerica.com/groups/775
State: http://groups.google.com/group/pda-nj/ & http://www.pdnj.org/ or http://www.njfordemocracy.org/
National: http://www.pdamerica.org/ or http://democracyforamerica.com/
For more info on the different PDA National Issue Organizing Teams :
http://pdamerica.org/iot/ Conference Calls: https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/default.asp?formid=signup
Local & State IOT Groups:
Healthcare4All-Dist.1- http://groups.google.com/group/SJ-Dist1
Environment- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PDSJ-E/
Accountability & Justice - http://groups.google.com/group/NJAJ
Contact: Joanne O’Neill – PDA State Coordinator - ProgressiveDem...@gmail.com – 856-858-4997
