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URGENT: White House may cave on public option!

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:40:09 -0400 (EDT)

Aaron Swartz, BoldProgressives.org <info

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*Numerous news reports say the White House may cave on the public health

insurance option.*

 

Click here to sign our emergency petition telling President Obama we

need him to fight.

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Donna,

 

*Urgent news:* Multiple media reports say that Senate Majority Leader

Harry Reid is very close to rounding up the votes needed for a public

health insurance option, but " the White House is pushing back against

the idea " in order to get the support of Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

 

Tell the White House that the support of one Republican isn't worth a

bad bill.

 

*PLEASE SIGN OUR EMERGENCY PETITION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY:*

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" Every day, insurance companies deny care and let people die. Getting

one Republican senator's vote is not worth delaying reform -- too many

real lives are at stake.* We need you to fight *and state clearly that

anything less than a strong public option is not change we can believe in. "

 

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Then, please send this to others.

 

The Washington Post confirms that the White House " wants Snowe on the

bill " and is seriously considering Snowe's proposed " trigger " -- which

would delay, and effectively kill, the public option.

 

As Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) recently said, " Olympia Snowe was not

elected president last year. " Even her own constituents in Maine support

a public option 2 to 1, and overwhelmingly oppose a trigger! Only the

insurance industry supports Snowe's proposal.

 

*We'll deliver this petition to the White House and let the media know

about it. *The more people who sign by Monday, the more powerful a

message we'll send. Please sign today -- together, we can have an

impact.

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Thanks for being a bold progressive.

 

--Aaron Swartz, Stephanie Taylor, Adam Green, Michael Snook, Natasha

Patel, and the PCCC team

 

*P.S. This petition comes on the heels of some amazing progress.* Days

after PCCC members chipped in to air a TV ad asking " if Harry Reid is

strong and effective enough a leader to pass a public option into law, "

Reid is now " furiously working the phones " in support of a public

option, according to the Huffington Post.

 

The New York Times quotes a Reid aide saying, " There is a growing sense

that we need to lead on this issue...The idea is that it's better to

show some fight. " Exactly! Congrats, everyone -- our activism made a

difference.*

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Now it's time to give the same push to President Obama that we gave

Senator Reid. Please sign the emergency petition today.

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* " Sources: White House Pushing Back Against Senate Public Option Opt

Out Compromise, " Talking Points Memo, September 23, 2009

 

" White House to Reid: We hope you know what you're doing, " Washington

Post, September 23, 2009

 

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