Key Liberals Tell WH: PO is Our Line.
There has been much worrisome news to say the least as the Obama admin seems intent on appeasing Sen Snowe with a trigger among other things. Most Americans voted for universal healthcare when they...
View ArticleHouston Says We Want Real Reform! 1,500 Rally!
On Sept 3rd we had a major healthcare reform rally here in Houston! Over 1,000 Americans rallied for real reform. We had state Rep. Garnett Coleman tell the facts on reform and debunk the lies. And...
View ArticleUPDATED: This is Nuts-No Coherent Message AGAIN THIS SUN!
Ok here we at-1030 am now and this story as usual has taken many turns because SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE FIRED AT WH. NO COHERENT MESSAGE AND ITS DAMAGING THE PARTY AND POTUS RIGHT NOW. IVE ABOUT HAD...
View ArticleUPDATED-Burner: We Will Kill this Bill if NO PO, and..
Progressives are making it clear on tv and online that there is no deal unless we get a robust public option in this bill. Period. As each day brings ups and downs with a vacillating WH eager to make a...
View ArticleThe Wh was Played. Key Blue Dog Now Says will Kill PO
Remember back in July when we said the WH was being played by Blue Dogs who diluted the PO in the ECC and then demanded and got a deadly one month delay on this bill? Rahm and Messina brokered that...
View ArticleCPC WIll Answer YOUR Questions LIVE TODAY! Ask AWAY!
CPC has asked I alert all of you to this opportunity. They want you to ask them questions on healthcare, pub opt etc.. Ask them at the link below. They will BE ANSWERED LIVE ON CSPAN LATE TODAY. i DO...
View ArticleHouse Progressives Ready for PO Showdown Next Week!
The progressives in the House are about to take things up another notch. After being ignored now twice by the WH, a s their calls for a meeting with POTUS have not been replied to, progs are gearing up...
View ArticleUPDATE 4: AFL CIO to Give HUGE Boost to PO, Axe Meets Woolsey..
A critical moment is comming today in t he fight for healthcare reform and the issue of a public option. AFL CIO members today will vote on several resolutions on healthcare at their national...
View ArticleSen Burris Casts the 1st Stone!
Thank you Senator Burris of Ill. who tonight may be the man who ensured the public option be passed. With Rockefeller and Brown also today making strong statements against the Baucus bill, it is Burris...
View ArticleProgressive Caucus Chairs Speak UP: Meet Real Change....
Rep G made it clear today via PDA-Progressive Democrats of America- on what kind of public option the progs will fight for. Below see the parameters of it. It is an inclusive Medicare style govt. plan...
View ArticleRockefeller, Others Ready Hell for Max: 543 Turns of It.
Senator Jay Rockefeller is one of the most tireless champions of healthcare reform on the Hill. He has been around a long time, was key in crafting CHIP and a champion of expanding Medicare 55 and up....
View ArticleUPDATED: Dukakis is OUT. Kennedys Push Kirk...
NYT is reporting that it wont be Dukakis as the interim senator from MA. Party leaders are worried Dukakis would be too independent and not vote with Dems as a block on healthcare. ...
View ArticleWendell Potter,Others Alarmed by MA Sen Pick Kirk...
Apparenty the new senator from MA wil be Mr. kirk, former big pharma lobbiest and weathy friend of the Kennedys. The reaction in the papers at least has been very negative. Wendell Potter has come out...
View ArticleThe People Do NOT Want "a Public Option"..
The NYT tonight hit the nail on the head. As the public option gains steam with opinion polls show surging support and liberals emboldened after the release of Baucus’ initial plans it notes the public...
View ArticleThe Constitution May Save Us from Baucuscare.
I have wondered how constitutional it would be if Congress mandates private health insurance for ALL Americans with no way to opt out. Well NYT looks into this and it seems likely if such a bill passed...
View ArticleHelp End PO Firewall TODAY.
Today I had a long conversation with a top staffer to Senator Wyden. It was all encompassing on healthcare, the public option and much more. Here is Sen. Wyden’s position as has been noted very...
View ArticleUPDATE: Progressive Whip Count IN, Lux Reports Progs Holding Up!
We have some major developments on the Hill tonight. The whip count from CPC is complete and was shown to the leadership today. According to the Hill at least 150 House members have signed on to a...
View ArticleNYT: FC Bill in Jeopardy as Wyden tells Truth. UPDATED...
The Finance committee looks to be officially in chaos as Snowe,Lincoln, Rockefeller and Wyden hold off their yea votes trying to bargain for their proposals. Of note is Wyden and Rockefeller. NYT...
View ArticleMAJOR UPDATE: Help Us Kill the WH Big Pharma Deal!-AHIP NIXES DEAL?
While there is much focus on the dwindling in size public option other threats continue to raise alarm in the health bill. Besides attempts to redefine the public option and what it even means I find...
View ArticleWyden: A Walled off PO Isnt Reform.
Sen Wyden gives a very insightful interview with Cohn. He wont reveal his vote on the bill still but boy is he unhappy. He calls this not reform. He doesn’t think it will help lower premiums. ....
View ArticleWTF: Ross Comes out for Medicare 4 All?!
This is one The Hill right now. At first I did not believe the story- Rep Ross is pushing Medicare for All. Ive called Rep Ross’ office and his staffer said Ross is offering Medicare to be the actual...
View Article"They Nearly Fell Out of Their Bleachers."
Wyden made the rounds again today to ABC News and NYT pushing away his proposal to open up the exchange to all americans. He says the current proposal will allow for millions to be abused by the...
View ArticleHouse Sources Tell Me-Victory is NEAR on Medicare PO, Target 7.
Hey All I want to keep mcjoan's points alive here and urge yall to keep call and keep this list up on the rec list. As you know I know many on the Hill. They have a message for you right now. THE...
View ArticleSenate Pushes for PO, Harkin Confirms WH "Lukewarm."
HuffPo tonight reports with some new details on Obama’s opposition to a PO now that it is becoming reality. Obama is now actively discouraging members of the Senate from siding with Reid. As the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Wyden Promises Floor Fight to Open PO to ALL, On Olbermann TONIGHT
On the night of Reid’s announcement to go for a public option Sen Wyden appeared on Maddow to announce a fight all the way to floor to open the public option to everyone, not just a few as is the case...
View ArticleWyden, Weiner Say Open PO. SEIU Agrees. And...
*Tonight Sen Wyden appeared on Olbermann about mostly the current pub opt proposals. He makes clear that having a walled off PO is big insurance dream. It will be so limited that the pool has no...
View Article"Will Dems Stand for the People or Big Insurance?"
Today was a very bitter defeat for progressives on the Hill and will be more so for the average American in the years ahead. Pelosi says she doesn’t have the votes for the Medicare plus 5 option- one...
View ArticleMajor News: Momentum Grows to Open PO and CPC needs Our Help!
Several major developments on the Hill. One is the Tri Caucus, lead by Rep Grijalva, is pushing to make the public option viable. As many of you know, the CBO has scored the Blue Dog’s public option as...
View ArticleHelp PP and Labor KILL Stupak Amend. w/Reps to Target!
PP and many other orgs are fighting the Stupak Amend which is about to hit the House floor for debate. Below is statement from Cecile Richards and action to take to KILL THE STUPAK AMENDMENT.HCare...
View ArticleStupak May be in Sen Bill, DeGette to Lead Fight for Choice!
There is a very good reason why we needed the House to produce the strongest bill possible. A Medicare PO. No further compromises. Many thought the great battle would be over the public option in the...
View ArticlePoll: MOST Americans Reject HC Bill w/Stupak and...
Jennifer Brunner on her facebook page posted some interesting polling data on the Stupak amendment. Yes a major poll was done on Stupak back in July. This info was sent to the leadership of congress...
View ArticleWyden: The Choice Should be YOURS Not THEIRS!
Sen. Wyden hammers home the fallacies of the healthcare bills in Congress. You may have noticed his remarks on the front page of Politico talking about the great danger of Dems selling this bill as one...
View ArticleUPDATED-Progressives: No More Watering Down PO.
Sen Sherrod Brown hit the airwaves today to make it clear: 4 senators should not be able to kill what most the people want- apublic option. His position is keep it in the bill and make those 4 have to...
View ArticleBreaking: Bill White Running for Tx Guv!!
The Houston Chronicle, El Paso Times and quorumreport have been reporting that Houston Mayor Bill White is switching to the Texas governor's race asap. This is Major NEWS FOR DEMOCRATS! Party leaders...
View ArticleLabor in Emergency Mtgs: May Officially Oppose HC Bill.
This is big news from huffpo. Labor is meeting right now on possibly formally opposing the senate healthcare bill. Trumka from AFLCIO, SEIU and the Steelworkers appear fed up. They have poured lots of...
View ArticleNelson's Ransom: Medicaid.
This what happens when leadership is not exerted in the legislative process. Everyone becomes a king. Every day some senator makes his or her demands like a 2 year old, says that a vote to even allow...
View ArticleFeingold: Obama is Responsible for Losing Public Option.
Sen Feingold tonight, in the strongest statement yet from a prominent progressive on the bill I have seen, expresses his frustrations with the President over the loss of the public option and real...
View ArticleHouse Progressives Push to Restore Public Option...
If Obama is serious about reducing our deficits then he better hope the House Progressives suceed in their latest efforts to get the public option back in the HCR. If the Democrats are serious about...
View ArticleDiFi Pushes New Bill to Block Insurance Rate Hikes!
Sen Feinstein has come out with a new bill that would allow HHS to stop rate increases from big insurance companies. It would also allow for a ratings system of insurers and other consumer friendly...
View ArticleTea Party Rag Goes Too Far..
There is something very wicked stirring in our country. As we saw in that Harris Poll a good number of Americans thinks Obama is a foriegn agent, a Muslim, hates America, a socialist, akin to Hitler,...
View ArticleMAJOR UPDATE: Reid Backs Brown and Sanders, Feingold Threatens Fillibuster!
MAJOR UPDATE FROM TPM: It appears Sanders has won! Dodd and Sanders have modified the amendment a bit but it still will allow the GAO to audit the FED and do what Sanders and so many want. With Dodd...
View ArticleSpecter Runs Ads Attacking Sestak for Backing Gun Control..
Sen Specter got Bush Jr to back him 2004 and got Obama to back him in 2008. every day this sordid affair of a camapign has gone on in PA I wonder what has this party switch wrought? Specter is now...
View ArticleOurtrage: Foodstamp Funding to be Raided by Sen. Dems
It appears Sen Reid will move Monday to force a vote on saving 300,000 teacher positions, funding FMAP aid for the states and more. At first this sounds great- educators across this country are in...
View ArticleBreaking: Goolsbee to Replace Romer
ABC News reports Obama economic adviser Goolsbee will take Roemer's spot as Chair of Council of Economic Advisers. I was hoping for Laura Tyson,who just wrote in t he NYT an arguement for the need for...
View ArticleRep. Boccieri Should Leave Us Shaken and Ready for Battle.
Rep Boccieri Should Leave Americans Shaken, Enraged and Ready to Do Battle with the corpoations. Must See Vid..Cong Boccieri of OH, a freshman and veteran of our military finds himself under attack by...
View ArticleUPDATED! DNC Launches Major Ad:"The Chamber is Trying to Steal Our Elections"
The DNC has made a surprise national cable ad buy today. The ad makes a major attackon the GOP- saying the chamber is trying to steal our elections. But will it work? It also invokes Bush- is that...
View ArticleUPDATE: Gallup Scandal. Urged to STOP Polling Immediately.
UPDATE 3PM- POLTICO'S BEN SMITH ALSO FINDS THE GALLUP MODEL BIZARRE AND HAS CONTACTED GALLUP TO EXPLAIN ITSELF. HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A REPSONSE SOON ON THE ISSUE? Politico's Smith Questions Gallup,...
View ArticleDont Write Off Bill White from Taking Back Texas. Here is WHY! UPDATED!
As a Texan and a hard working volunteer for Bill White for governor I find it amazing how much of late White is getting written off. Rest assured White is very much in this race and don’t be surprised...
View ArticleTX GOTV: We Will Oust Perry this Time.
I just got back from GOTV again for Texas democrats especially Bill White and our ticket in Harris County (home of Houston). In Harris we have a chance for history- we have 103 races on the ballot with...
View ArticleTx GOP House Speaker Faces AntiSemitic Attacks by Tea Party and,,
YIKES-We have a live firestorm breaking lose in TX that will and IS make natl. headlines! Its one thing to run on such anti govt things but then you come into office and suddenly find its more complex...
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