“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the
Click on “Wefare” for a definition. Yes, “health” is there.
However, there are fifteen
Pivotal because it stands as the only thing that will truly reform healthcare in this country, and is the single one thing that Republicans, insurance lobbies, and the health insurance industry all oppose.
Who are these people, these fifteen, who put themselves and their campaign contributions ahead of the wishes of a majority of Americans?
We need to know who these people are because it is they, and not the Republicans, who are scheming to deny Americans their fondest desire, and at the same time plotting to bring down the greatest American presidency in a generation. So here they are, all 15 of them prioritized by the degree to which they do not support a public option. I include a mailing address and their office phone number and fax number. Email is iffy because some of them (like Lieberman) filter out email not from their state, but what the heck.
First, listed below are the “public option haters.” These are the true turncoats from small population states who have taken lots and lots of money from the healthcare industry:
Max Baucus (D - Montana)
511 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Tel: (202) 224-2651(Office)
Fax: (202) 224-9412
http://baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issueissue
Blanche Lincoln (D – Arkansas)
355 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-4843
Fax: (202) 228-1371
Email webpage: http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm.cfm
Kent Conrad (D – North Dakota)
530
Tel: (202) 224-2043
Fax: (202) 224-7776
Email webpage: https://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
Ben Nelson (D - Nebraska)
720
Tel: (202) 224-6551
Fax: (202) 228-0012
Email webpage: http://bennelson.senate.gov/email-issues.cfmfm
Joe Lieberman (I -
706 Hart Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-4041
Fax: (202) 224-9750
Email webpage:
http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?regarding=issue
Mary Landrieu (D - Louisiana)
328 Hart Senate Building
United States Senate
Tel: (202)224-5824
Fax: (202) 224-9735
Email webpage: http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
The rest of these I am calling the “fence sitters.” Those who either haven’t come down for or against the public option, or have qualified their support somehow, usually with the provision that the public option will be deficit-neutral – something that Barack Obama has publicly guaranteed (so why continue with the reservations? Only McCaskill is from the “Show Me State.”).
Claire McCaskill (D - Missouri)
Tel: (202) 224-6154
Fax: (202) 228-6326
Email webpage: http://mccaskill.senate.gov/contact/
Dianne Feinstein (D - California)
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Email webpage:
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMeAction=ContactUs.EmailMe
Evan Bayh (D - Indiana)
131 Russell Senate Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-5623
Fax: (202) 228-1377
Email webpage: http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/ntact/email/
Jon Tester (D - Montana)
724 Hart Senate Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-2644
Fax: (202) 224-8594
Email webpage: http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm/Contact/index.cfm
Mark Warner (D - Virginia)
459A
Phone: (202) 224-2023
Fax: (202) 224-6295
Email webpage:
http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contactdex.cfm?p=Contact
Mark Pryor (D - Arkansas)
55 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-2353
Fax: (202) 228-0908
Email webpage: http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/act/
Mark Begich (D - Alaska)
144 Russell Senate Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-3004
Toll Free: (877) 501 - 6275
Fax: (202) 224-2354
http://begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailSenatorndex.cfm?p=EmailSenator
Thomas Carper (D - Delaware)
513 Hart Building
Tel: (202) 224-2441
Fax: (202) 228-2190
Email webpage: http://carper.senate.gov/contact/
Kay Hagan (D – North Carolina)
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tel: (202) 224-6342
Fax: (202) 228-2563
Email webpage: http://hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact
Let’s make this a “teachable moment” for these Senators. When a majority of Americans support a public option, these people need to sit up and take notice.
1 comment:
Thanks for this information. I will pass along to family and friends in FL and DE so they contact the wavering Sens.
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