[Peace-discuss] Fw: The fate of the public option

[John W.]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:



>   Unbelievable that this is still necessary, but it is. Please forward
> widely.
>  --Jenifer
>


The pity of it is that, if Congress were to pass a decent health care reform
bill, thirty years from now Americans would be wondering how we ever lived
without it.

John W.




>
> --- On *Sun, 3/14/10, Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America <
> info at democracyforamerica.com>* wrote:
>
>
>    Jenifer -
>
> On Friday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin announced that the Senate will
> support and pass whatever the House includes in a reconciliation bill --
> even if it includes the choice of a public health insurance option.
>
> This gives Speaker Nancy Pelosi a historic opportunity to take the reins
> back on behalf of the House of Representatives and the majority of Americans
> who want a public option.
>
> It's up to us to make sure Speaker Pelosi doesn't kill the public option
> because she's afraid to act. She needs to know that we'll be there to have
> her back. We'll whip Congress to pass the bill and help every step of the
> way to get the majority votes we'll need to win.
>
> Sign the petition right now<http://dfa2.convio.net/site/R?i=R7rWWCFZcIDZ7BdfacQb5g..>and we'll deliver each signature to her office at the end of the day on
> Monday. And then again on Tuesday. And again on Wednesday. We'll deliver the
> new signatures every day until she gets the job done.
>
> *The fate of the public option is in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hands. It's up
> to us to make sure she doesn't kill the most popular piece of reform.
> *
> Thank you for everything you do,
>
> -Charles
>
> Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
> Democracy for America
>
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