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In my diary over at Dailykos urging people to call the Democratic leadership, members of the Energy and Commerce committee, the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and the White House, I received this report from a kossack who called Rep. Lynn Woolsey’s office. Apparently Lynn Woolsey thinks it’s okay for Congress to delay the passage of health care reform by insisting that Members of Congress have the right to go on vacation to "listen" to their constituents. Here’s the report direct from a kossack:
Did it, called everyone and a email to the WH. cannot get thru on phone. line is continue to be busy. Lynn Woolsey’s office tried to tell me Congresswoman needs to go home and listen to her voters. I told her that they need to get this done before going on vacation. We are all voters and the voters have spoken.
So, why is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus ready to go on vacation and allow this bill to be held hostage by the Blue Dogs? Please call her office at 202-225-516, and report back with answers if you can.
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Maybe Woolsey has a point about going home and listening to the voters. This whole thing has moved a little too fast. Many people still do not understand the in’s and out’s of it all.
LOL. You know why the Blue Dogs and Senate “centrists” want to delay this bill? It’s really not to get the full information about the bill. It’s to kill it.
once I’m off the phone, I will head over to her Facebook page and ask her – where everyone can see it :D
good! I’m glad to hear that.
Torgo’s one of the GOP trollies who just started coming here when FDL kicked off the whipping of the public option; they swarm the site whenever any health-care-related post is published. Take his presence as a sign that the Republicans are scared to death of us, so we must be doing something right!
Now that explains it. Thanks for the heads-up!
Woolsey’s office still dodging. The woman who answered the phone said she had never “personally” heard “concerns about Woolsey caving into blue dogs with her comment about going on vacation..
Interesting.