So far over 800,000 people have called their Senators about including a public option and passing REAL health care reform in the Virtual March that is going on right now. Virtual March for Public Option and Real Health Care Reform Members … [Read more...]
Why Climate Change Deniers Should Still Support Green Energy
The senators claim that because there were some errors included in the IPCC's 2007 report -- for instance, how quickly the Himalayan glaciers might melt -- the entire phenomenon of climate change must now be questioned. I am not a … [Read more...]
Kerry calls for constitutional amendment to counteract Citizens United
In testimony before the Senate Rules Committee, Senator John Kerry today announced his support for a constitutional amendment in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. We face two challenges: first, to mediate the impact … [Read more...]
Sen. Kerry – Please check your facts
Sen. Kerry attacked Howard Dean over his apparent "Kill the Bill" stance. This week, for example, Howard Dean wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that real health care reform needed a public option that would '...give all Americans a … [Read more...]
Quick hits
OK, two more:Jon Cohn's 10 Things Worth Fighting For in health care. Among them: Subsidize people farther up the income ladder (up to 400% of poverty level); Open up the exchanges (like our Connector) to anyone;Yes, public option... … [Read more...]
Rally at John Kerry’s Boston Office
For months, conservative Democrats told us that that the public option could never pass through the Senate, and our President indicated his willingness to give up on the idea. But thanks to a groundswell of popular support, the public … [Read more...]
YEAAAAAAH SENATOR KERRY!
This is a leadoff home run for the Senate ... for what will doubtless be a grueling, discouraging game on climate change. The Senate bill, authored by Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and … [Read more...]
Sen. Kerry, Health Reform, and the Labor Day Rally
While I was waiting in line to get in, I passed out about 30 copies of the Sudbury DTC report "Single-Payer Universal Health Care—An Idea Whose Time Has Come". It was very well received, and I noticed the person in front of me … [Read more...]
(Re)Calling Out Tsongas & Kerry On The Public Option (NOW w/Poll)
At the beginning of June, I sent this short note to my US Congressional delegation which consists of Senators Kennedy and Kerry, plus Congresswoman Tsongas. I have been working since I was 14. Now, for the first time at the age of 43, I am … [Read more...]
Calling Out Tsongas & Kerry On The Public Option
Each response has the standard, we understand the scope of the problem (cite statistics) and this is what we have accomplished (cite legislation). What neither have is a bold statement that the PUBLIC OPTION is vital to reform.:v( Kerry's … [Read more...]
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