I'm a little troubled to read this as we wait to hear about the pending vote in Congress. It's important, it's why we have a rec list full of diaries about Health Care Reform. I get it. We need it.
So where does my Representative Loretta Sanchez stand on this issue? We're not sure (And although I don't live in her district, she represents all Democrats in the OC because John Campbell of the 48th, Republican, will not vote for this bill no matter what. Too bad we don't have Beth Krom in office right now, but that's another diary).
So it pains me to read this headline tonight about MY representative, In Scramble for 216, Sanchez Presents Unexpected Hurdle.
We don't need any unexpected hurdles, do we?
As their whip efforts narrow to just a handful of Members, House Democratic leaders are facing an unlikely problem vote: Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.).
Sanchez was nowhere to be found on Saturday — she was in Florida on a fundraising jaunt, two Democratic sources said — and while leaders expected her to return for the Sunday vote on final passage, they weren’t assured. What’s more, leaders now list the Orange County Democrat as a “no” vote.
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Sanchez this week told the Orange County Register that she needs to be satisfied that the health care overhaul is affordable. “The Senate bill is a bad bill,” she told the paper.
Politically, the vote should be a relatively easy lift for Sanchez. The seven-term lawmaker has been re-elected with at least 60 percent of the vote since 2000, winning by a decisive 69 percent in 2008. President Barack Obama carried the district by 60 percent.
I know this is not a lost cause like John Campbell or the other Republican Congresspersons who represent the rest of Orange County, Congresswoman Sanchez is persuadable and she needs to know how much this means to Orange County and to the rest of the Country.
So I'm asking for the Daily Kos Orange County contingency to call Congresswoman Sanchez and to ask her to VOTE YES.
Leave a message and her staff will deliver the message.
(714) 621-0102 or (202) 225-2965.
I urge you to please call right now.
Loretta supported my husband when he ran for State Senate, she supports local candidates and she works hard for her district. Loretta supports marriage equality, brings money back to Orange County when other Reps can't bother and voted no for the war in Iraq. She's taken stands when they've mattered.
When it comes down to the vote, I don't think she will vote no, but I think she needs to hear from more of us.
Call!