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amethysta ([personal profile] amethysta) wrote2009-07-28 12:28 pm

Tell Reid: No vacation for the Senate before health care reform passes.

From Credo:


Seriously? The Senate is going on vacation without passing health care reform?

President Obama has made it very clear that passing meaningful health care reform is his top priority this summer — but on July 23, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the full Senate wouldn't vote on a bill until the fall.

We already have a good health care bill in the Senate from Sen. Kennedy's HELP Committee — a bill that includes a public option. The problem is that we need the Finance Committee to pass a bill to fund the HELP Committee's bill, and Finance Chair Max Baucus is dragging his feet — with the ultimate goal of killing the public option.

I just signed a petition to tell Sen. Reid not to let the Senate go on vacation until they pass a bill that includes a public option. I hope you will, too. Please have a look and take action.

http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=4457&id=5190-1983675-4O2mR0x&t=6