A plea to Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic Socialist of Vermont:
Use the rules of the Senate as they currently stand.
Deny cloture for this monstrosity moving through the Senate.
Force the Democratic leadership to move to reconciliation.
1) We find ourselves in a moment where leadership
needs your vote to move this monstrosity of a bill forward.
2) You don't like the cloture rule, Bernie Sanders. We don't like the cloture rule. But as long as it stands, use it achieve better law on healthcre. Help make a 50 vote Senate on healthcare a reality by making leadership table this monstrosity of a bill and move to reconciliation.
3) You want healthcare voted on under a 50 vote process, Bernie Sanders. We want healthcare voted on under a 50 vote process. Use the immense power you have at the moment and make reconciliation a reality.
4) The White House only cares about the schedule of their media programming. Care about the content of the bill for us, Bernie Sanders. Give the White House no option but reconciliation to gain their bill.
5) Give progressives a seat at the table in writing this bill. The cloture rule gives you that power. Show the private health insurance industry that they have mistaken taken their victory lap before the game was over.
6) Show the moderates that the cloture rule doesn't work for them. That's the best way to give them incentive to change that evil rule over time. Tell them the clubby nature of the Senate is breaking down, that it is less important than the health and welfare of the American people.
7) Will going to reconciliation inconvenience some of your friends in the Democratic Senate caucus? Sure. What's more important, their convenience, or the law of the land on healthcare?
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Please, Bernie Sanders, derail this untenable 60 vote process so we can get on the right track as quickly as possible.
Save Barack Obama from this monstrosity of a bill.
Save the Democratic Party from this monstrosity of a bill.
Save the American people from this monstrosity of a bill.
Give the our ineffectual leaders no option but reconciliation. You have the power.
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Beware! Crowds of health industry paid shills will come at you if you stand with us and force the Senate to reconciliation. Stand strong with us, Bernie Sanders. We will stand strong with you. The American people will stand strong with you. And you will be emerge from the maelstrom victorious.
Drive the next step in healthcare reform from the progressive side. Use your pivotal vote on cloture to force good policy on healthcare to come out of the Senate and into conference.
Use the cloture rule to force genuinely good healthcare legislation to President Obama's desk for his signature into law.
Don't go along to get along, Bernie Sanders. Stand tall for the genuinely good healthcare reform that is achievable in a 50 vote process.
This is all within your power, Bernie Sanders. This moment is why you ran for the Senate. This moment is why you got into politics. This moment is where you can become the hero of American healthcare. This is your moment, Bernie Sanders.