Read This if you Suport Single-Payer

Act Now to Pressure “Management”


Today the House unveiled its healthcare reform package. And the news is all bad.

The Kucinich Amendment, which would give the states a clear path for enacting their own single-payer legislation, was stripped from the bill.

The Weiner Amendment, which would substitute the clean, clear language of HR 676 for the behemoth of a introduced, may not be given its vote in the House—in spite of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s promise.

While single payer hangs in the balance, PDA will continue to fight for single payer at the state level. Meanwhile, we have a small window of opportunity to get the Kucinich Amendment back in the bill and to make sure that Speaker Pelosi follows through on her promise to allow a vote on single-payer—the first ever in the House.

Democratic House leaders can insert what is called a “Manager’s Amendment” into legislation, even when it is closed to any other amendments. The managers are the majority and minority members who “manage” debate for the bill on each side.

Today, tomorrow, and beyond, we need to call these “managers” and insist that the Kucinich Amendment is restored into the healthcare bill. We also need to urge these leaders to exert pressure on Speaker Pelosi—and exert it on her ourselves—to follow through on her promise to put the Weiner Amendment to a vote.

The “gang” that holds our future in their hands includes:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4965; San Francisco office (415) 556-4862
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4131; Greenbelt office (301) 474-0119; Waldorf office (301) 843-1577
Rep. Henry Waxman: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-3976; Los Angeles office (323) 651-1040
Rep. Charles Rangel: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4365; New York office (212) 663-3900
Rep. George Miller: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-2095; Concord office (925) 602-1880; Richmond office (510) 262-6500; Vallejo office (707) 645-1888
It’s crucial for everyone in PDA to make these calls, to make them more than once, and to tell others to make these calls. Act NOW!

Oh, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin, your supporters make me sad. They are so ignorant. They blindly support you without considering your faults.

I for one, despite being rather anti-Republican in general, very much respect the 80% approval rating you acquired as Governor of Alaska. However, the fact that you quit the Governorship amid a scandal kind of cancels that out. Still, I like that you went into office with an agenda and (unlike President Obama) you actually made it happen. If only I agreed with your general worldview and policy standpoints (which are just confused parodies, since you don't actually KNOW anything about national politics).

Sigh. I'm so over politics. Can't we all just get along? Ahh, the wealthy elite will never allow that to happen.... if we all agreed to do the right thing in respecting each life on Earth, they would no longer be able to control us through fearmongering and pushing capitalism.