TPM is reporting that 49 leading health care experts sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and President Obama asking the SENATE to act on reconciliation so there can be a comprehensive bill passed.
Meanwhile Speaker Pelosi says reform is not dead and reports are that the President will reaffirm his support for comprehensive reform in the SOTU tonight. It's not over. There is hope. And there are actions we can take. More after the fold.
I see hope! Working with President Obama, I think Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid can make sidecar reconciliation work and we can get a decent bill passed through both chambers and then signed by the President.
Here's what we can do to make a difference. Call a Democratic Senator and tell them that you want reconciliation and a bill passed! Remember, we only need 50 for reconciliation to fix the bill!
Contact information for individual Senators. You can also call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Senator.
Capitol switchboard: (202)224-3121
Akaka, Daniel - (D - HI)
(202) 224-6361
E-mail: senator@akaka.senate.gov
Baucus, Max - (D - MT)
(202) 224-2651
Web Form: baucus.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Bayh, Evan - (D - IN)
(202) 224-5623
Web Form: bayh.senate.gov/WebMail1.htm
Begich, Mark (D - AK)
(202)224-3004
Web Form: begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailSenator
Bennet, Michael - (D - CO)
(202) 224-5852
Web Form: bennet.senate.gov/contact/
Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM)
(202) 224-5521
E-mail: senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA)
(202) 224-3553
Web Form: boxer.senate.gov/contact/
Brown, Sherrod - (D - OH)
(202) 224-2315
Web Form: brown.senate.gov/contact/
Burris, Roland - (D - IL)
(202) 224-2854
Web Form: burris.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Byrd, Robert - (D - WV)
(202) 224-3954
Web Form: byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html
Cantwell, Maria - (D - WA)
(202) 224-3441
Web Form: cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html
Cardin, Ben - (D - MD)
(202) 224-4524
Web Form: cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Carper, Thomas - (D - DE)
(202) 224-2441
Web Form: carper.senate.gov/contact/
Casey, Robert P., Jr. - (D - PA)
(202) 224-6324
Web Form: casey.senate.gov/contact/
Conrad, Kent - (D - ND)
(202) 224-2043
Web Form: conrad.senate.gov/webform.html
Dodd, Christopher - (D – CT)
(202) 224-2823
Web Form: dodd.senate.gov/webmail/
Dorgan, Byron - (D - ND)
(202) 224-2551
E-mail: senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Durbin, Richard - (D - IL)
(202) 224-2152
Web Form: durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Feingold, Russell - (D - WI)
(202) 224-5323
E-mail: russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov
Feinstein, Dianne - (D - CA)
(202) 224-3841
Web Form: feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.Home
Franken, Al - (D - MN)
(202) 224-5641
E-mail: info@franken.senate.gov
Gillibrand, Kirsten - (D - NY)
(202) 224-4451
Web Form: gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/
Hagan, Kay - (D - NC)
(202)224-6432
Web Form: hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact
Harkin, Tom - (D - IA)
(202) 224-3254
Web Form: harkin.senate.gov/c/index.cfm
Inouye, Daniel - (D - HI)
(202) 224-3934
Web Form: inouye.senate.gov/abtform.html
Johnson, Tim - (D - SD)
(202) 224-5842
Web Form: johnson.senate.gov/contact/
Kaufman, Ted - (D - DE)
(202) 224-5042
Web Form: kaufman.senate.gov/services/contact/
Kerry, John - (D - MA)
(202) 224-2742
Web Form: kerry.senate.gov/contact/office.cfml
Kirk, Paul - (D - MA)
(202) 224-4543
Kohl, Herb - (D - WI)
(202) 224-5653
Web Form: kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html
Klobuchar, Amy - (D - MN)
(202) 224-3244
E-mail: senator@klobuchar.senate.gov
Landrieu, Mary - (D - LA)
(202) 224-5824
Web Form: landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Lautenberg, Frank - (D – NJ)
(202) 224-3224
Web Form: lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/
Leahy, Patrick - (D - VT)
(202) 224-4242
E-mail: senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
Levin, Carl - (D - MI)
(202) 224-6221
Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Lincoln, Blanche - (D - AR)
(202) 224-4843
Web Form: lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html
McCaskill, Claire - (D - MO)
(202) 224-6154
Web Form: mccaskill.senate.gov/contact/
Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ)
(202) 224-4744
Web Form: menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Merkley, Jeff - (D - OR)
(202)224-3753
Web Form: merkley.senate.gov/contact/
Mikulski, Barbara - (D - MD)
(202) 224-4654
Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html
Murray, Patty - (D - WA)
(202) 224-2621
Web Form: murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
Nelson, Bill - (D - FL)
(202) 224-5274
Web Form: billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Nelson, Ben - (D - NE)
(202) 224-6551
Web Form: bennelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Pryor, Mark - (D - AR)
(202) 224-2353
Web Form: pryor.senate.gov/contact/
Reed, Jack - (D - RI)
(202) 224-4642
Web Form: reed.senate.gov/contact/
Reid, Harry - (D - NV)
(202) 224-3542
Web Form: reid.senate.gov/contact/
Rockefeller, John - (D - WV)
(202) 224-6472
E-mail: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
Sanders, Bernie - (I - VT)
(202) 224-5141
Web Form: sanders.senate.gov/comments/
Schumer, Charles - (D - NY)
(202) 224-6542
Web Form: schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/contact.html
Shaheen, Jeanne - (D - NH)
(202) 224-2841
Web Form: shaheen.senate.gov/contact/
Specter, Arlen - (D - PA)
(202)224-4254
Web Form: specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI)
(202) 224-4822
Web Form: stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm
Tester, Jon - (D - MT)
(202) 224-2644
Web Form: tester.senate.gov/Contact/
Udall, Mark - (D - CO)
(202)224-5941
Web Form: markudall.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Udall, Tom - (D - NM)
(202)224-6621
Web Form: tomudall.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Warner, Mark - (D - VA)
(202)224-2023
Web Form: warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Webb, Jim - (D - VA)
(202) 224-4024
Web Form: webb.senate.gov/contact/
Whitehouse, Sheldon - (D - RI)
(202)224-2921
Web Form: whitehouse.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Wyden, Ron - (D - OR)
(202) 224-5244
Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact/