Update (Correction): The Kucinich Amendment for a state single-payer option won on a 27 to 19 vote. With bypartisan support, 14 Democrats and 13 Republicans voted for the amendment. An analysis of the vote will follow this evening. Thank you for your hard work and dedication towards keeping the fight for single-payer alive - Sincerely, Dennis
(Updated: 3:10PM EST - Corrected Update)
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Dear Kos,
At 6:30am today, we finished a 20 hour marathon committee markup of the health care bill, HR3200, during which I offered the amendment to enable states to pursue single payer health care plans.
A recorded vote on my amendment will occur in the Labor and Education committee sometime between 9:15 am and 10:00 am EST.
Your help is needed urgently. Please call committee members now and ask for their vote for the Amendment.
The Amendment would let individual states create single-payer healthcare systems even if Congress fails to create a nationwide single-payer system. Given the corporate-funded resistance to single-payer in Congress, this is a strong option in moving forward.
Progressive activists in California, Illinois and Pennsylvania are leading the way for single-payer systems and the Kucinich Amendment would remove the legal roadblocks they face.
The fate of the Kucinich Amendment rests in the hands of the 26 Democrats below. Please call as many as you can.
George Miller (CA-7) 202-225-2095
Dale Kildee (MI-5) 202-225-3611
Donald Payne (NJ-10) 202-225-3436
Robert Andrews (NJ-1) 202-225-6501
Bobby Scott (VA-3) 202-225-8351
Lynn Woolsey (CA-6) 202-225-5161
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15) 202-225-2531
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4) 202-225-5516
John Tierney (MA-6) 202-225-8020
David Wu (OR-1) 202-225-0855
Rush Holt (NJ-12) 202-225-5801
Susan Davis (CA-53) 202-225-2040
Raul Grijalva (AZ-7) 202-225-2435
Tim Bishop (NY-1) 202-225-3826
Joe Sestak (PA-7) 202-225-2011
David Loebsack (IA-2) 202-225-6576
Mazie Hirono (HI-2) 202-225-4906
Jason Altmire (PA-4) 202-225-2565
Phil Hare (IL-17) 202-225-5905
Yvette Clarke (NY-11) 202-225-6231
Joe Courtney (CT-2) 202-225-2076
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) 202-225-5456
Marcia Fudge (OH-11) 202-225-7032
Jared Polis (CO-2) 202-225-2161
Paul Tonko (NY-21) 202-225-5076
Dina Titus (NV-3) 202-225-3252
Thank you!
Dennis