Here's some pretty big important newsfrom Speaker Pelosi's legislative director.
"There is only one way to get it done at this stage of the game and that’s a process that the Speaker has outlined," Wendell Primus, Pelosi’s legislative director said. Congress would have to pass the Senate health care bill alongside a package of fixes using reconciliation.
If we want to have the Senate bill pass, we've got to fight for the reconciliation fix to pass as well. Will you join nyceve and I in our massive call-in campaign to Congress on February 24th and 25th to tell them to pass the fix and to pass the Senate bill?
HERE'S A LINK TO THE 2/24 AND 2/25 1,000,000 CALLS FOR HEALTHCARE FACEBOOK PAGE, PLEASE SEND IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
We've got over 1,100 members in our Facebook group. We're still gaining members, so please SPREAD THE WORD about our Facebook group to call Congress on the 24th and the 25th!
Here are more news from what Speaker Pelosi's aide, Wendell Primus, said such as how the reconciliation fix can happen and in what matter:
"The House would have to take up that first because it would involve revenue changes and then the Senate would pass it and then I think hopefully with the passing of that legislation, the House, only then would take up the Senate bill and pass it."
"The trick in all of this is that the President would have to sign the Senate bill first and then the reconciliation bill would be signed second and the parts of the reconciliation bill that trump the relevant portions of the first signed bill." "You would really have to use the fact that a later enacted bill takes precedent over a previously enacted bill to achieve the right outcome." Primus added. He predicted that the reconciliation package of fixes would have to increase the threshold on the Cadillac tax, include more affordability credits, close the donut hole in the Medicare Part D drug benefit, and eliminate the Cornhusker Kickback.
Other Congressional aides agreed with Primus’ assessment and argued that it would be almost impossible to put together a smaller package that achieves any of the Democrats’ objectives because many provisions are interconnected.
In the reconciliation fix, we can aim big and go for the public option, the Medicare buy-in, getting rid of the excise tax, increasing subsidies, and getting rid of the Nebraska Cornhusker Kickback deal. We have the backing of Democracy For America in our grassroots campaign, and we're hoping to hear more from other advocacy groups as well. Let's go big on this one!
Let's keep up the momentum in our Facebook group also as well. We have over 1,100 members. Can we break 2,000 members by the end of today? I believe that we can!
Here's how you can help us with our grassroots effort. If you're on Twitter, all you have to do is tweet this very simple link:
Please join our Facebook campaign to #passthefix and #passthebill! http://bit.ly/... #hcr #ptdb RT this!
Once again, here's nyceve's urgent plea:
Are you ready?
Can we count on you?
Please send this out on Twitter.
Please post it on your Facebook page.
Will you stand up and make your voice heard?
Will you make just a few more calls?
Will you ask your friend, family and neighbors to help?
Can you turn this into one of the largest citizen mobilizations in the history of our country?
HERE'S A LINK TO THE 2/24 AND 2/25 1,000,000 CALLS FOR HEALTHCARE FACEBOOK PAGE, PLEASE SEND IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
We're all ready to burn up the lines to Congress on the 24th and 25th! Thank you so much for joining in on our grassroots action, and you guys rock!