Action Alert: Call for the Weiner Single Payer Amendment Today!

[joeycola]

I got this email today. I will be calling and hope you do also.
Pass it on to let others know.
Thanks


On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Unions for Single Payer HR676 <[e-mail]> wrote:

Action Alert: Call for the Weiner Single Payer Amendment Today!

It appears that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wavering on her promise to
Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) to allow debate and a vote in the full
House of Representatives on the Weiner Single Payer Amendment.

The Weiner Amendment would substitute the single payer language of HR 676
for the language of the proposed House Bill (H.R. 3962). This would be
the first and only time that the full House would have an opportunity to
debate and vote on single payer.

Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT), one of the seven co-sponsors of the Weiner
Amendment in the Energy & Commerce Committee, is quoted in “The Hill” as
predicting that the Weiner Amendment could get between 100 and 200 votes.
He estimated it would be in the “mid-100s”.



http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/65675-congressman-sees-votes-in-mid-100s-for-single-payer

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman publicly related
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s promise to allow Weiner to bring his single payer
amendment to the House Floor. Pelosi, through Waxman, asked Weiner and
the six co-sponsors to withdraw the amendment in Committee in return for
being able to offer it in the full House. You can see Waxman making the
promise on behalf of Pelosi here:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fA2DfwFn4

IMMEDIATE ACTION IS CRUCIAL—CALL TODAY!

We urge you to call Speaker Pelosi’s Washington, DC office [phone]
and ask her to keep her promise to Representative Weiner and allow him to
offer his Single Payer Amendment.

Also call Rep. Henry Waxman’s Washington, DC office [phone] to ask
him to urge the Speaker to honor her promise which he publicly conveyed to
Rep. Weiner.

Call Rules Committee Chair Rep. Louise Slaughter, [phone], and ask
her to report the health reform bill to the floor of the House with a Rule
that PERMITS consideration of the Weiner Amendment.

Call your Representative in Washington, DC [phone] and ask that
he/she contact the Speaker’s Office to urge her to honor her promise on
the Weiner Amendment.

Then take a look at Donna Smith’s appeal for the Weiner Amendment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHVANCSpnO8&feature=player_embedded

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Distributed by:

All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
Louisville, KY 40217
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
http://unionsforsinglepayerHR676.org
11/01/09