I wonder if there is a lot of trust among people in Boccieri’s district for private insurance companies? Because that’s what they’re going to be stuck with without a public plan. And it looks like Boccierri will vote for something that is under-funded and won’t really do anything to help middle class people.

Boccieri Ohio office: (330) 754-0534. DC office: (202) 225-3876.

If Courtney cares more about his constituents than he does his donors like Aetna and Wellpoint,  why won’t he answer a simple question?  Because the Blue Dogs don’t have any problem saying where they will draw the line in screwing over the public, and as long as Courtney stays silent, they control the conversation.

It sets Courtney up to take a bad vote — just like he did on ACES and the supplemental — just to “get something passed.”

DC office: Norwitch office:  (202) 225-2076 (860) 886-0139, Enfield office:  (860) 741-6011.  Chief of Staff:  Jason Gross.  Legislative Director:  neil McKiernan.  

Mike Stark spoke to Steve Cohen about taking the Pledge.  Cohen said he believed in all the principles, but that you never knew what was coming down the road.  In other words, we should trust him. But  Cohen was one of those who, in 2007, signed a letter saying he would vote for no war [...]

The standard line of defense used by persons sticking up for the Blue Dogs is that they’re not corrupt or money-driven or anything like that, but are simply voting the way their constituents want them to vote. Let’s put this to the test by looking at their stance on the public option.

Let’s show the 8 Members of Congress who have taken the pledge that we support them, that we are there for them, and that we will remember that they took a courageous stand to insist that health care for all Americans should be a basic human right.

Please give $8 for 8 to Health Care Heroes.

This makes me laugh.

We’ve added Emanual Cleaver and Donna Edwards (still waiting on a formal statement from her office) to the “Took the Pledge” category.

9 down….31 to go.

Marjorie W. reports: The aide who answered the phone said Rep. Moran is in favor of the public option, but knows that the votes for it are not there, and wants to get something through rather than have the whole reform package voted down. We’re trying to confirm with Moran’s office right now.  But this [...]

Despite claiming that the Blue Dog letter that opposed a public option for health care was “one of the best ones I’d seen written in a long time,” California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez struck out on her own path as she disagreed, on MSNBC today, and said she wants a public option in order to bring down health care costs.