Whip Count Day 2
Committed Leaning Yes Undecided Leaning No Against
  1. Keith Ellison
  2. Raul Grijalva
  1. Xavier Becerra
  2. Howard Berman
  3. Jerry Costello
  4. Elijah Cummings
  5. Peter DeFazio
  6. Alan Grayson
  7. Mazie Hirono
  8. Barbara Lee
  9. Jim McDermott
  10. Jerrold Nadler
  11. Jared Polis
  12. Henry Waxman
  13. Peter Welch
  14. Robert Wexler
  15. David Wu
  16. John Yarmuth
  1. Corrine Brown
  2. Steve Cohen
  3. Mike Doyle
  4. Sam Farr
  5. Rush Holt
  6. Mike Honda
  7. Dave Loebsack
  8. George Miller
  9. Charles Rangel
  10. Dave Reichert
  11. Laura Richardson
  12. Bobby Scott
  13. Jackie Speier
    

Great response to our Whip Count Tool. People are calling offices and folks are very interested but since there is a lot of activity going on with regard to health care, it’s important to take the time and explain what we’re asking for.

Yesterday, the TriCaucus (the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific Caucus), together with the Progressive Caucus held a press conference to demand that any health care reform include a public health pan option.

There are many different ideas about what a public option should include, and that’s great. That debate is really important. We’re not trying to tell anyone what the best public option would be — we’re trying to draw a line in the sand, build a backstop, get broad agreement that people will vote against any bill that does not contain a public plan that is:

  1. Available nationwide
  2. From day one
  3. Answerable to Congress and the voters

So keep calling, take the time to explain to whoever answers the phone how important it is that forty Democratic members of the House (only 40!) agree to hold that line. That ought to let the air out of Kay Hagan’s tires.

It’s insufferable that each of these Senators thinks they’re the President because their vote is critical. Well, there’s the matter of the House of Representatives too, and nobody wants to be the Democrat who blocked health care passage.

So get on those phones an let’s build a brick wall.

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