Petition to use reconciliation from FDL

[Eric J in MN]

We can have a lousy health care bill with 60 votes or a good health care bill with 51 votes.

Please sign:

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/reconciliation

[demosincebirth]

1. Done

[Eric J in MN]

2. Thank you. NT

NT

[DireStrike]

3. done

[Eric J in MN]

6. Thank you. NT

NT

[yurbud]

4. My letter:

You will not only damage the American people and our access to health care that doesn't bankrupt us if you allow a deeply compromised version of health care reform to pass, you jeopardize the political fortunes of the Democratic Party.

Why would Democratic activists give money and pound the pavement for Congressional candidates in the next election or even bother to get out of bed and vote if the Democratic Party betrays us on such an important issue as this.

Frankly, you still have a long way to go to earn back my trust for the party's complicity in so many of the Bush administration's crimes. This won't help.

[yurbud]

5. Text of petition is short and to the point: don't let corrupt Democrats kill the public option!

The power to pass a public option is yours alone. Don't let corrupt Democratic senators owned by insurance industry lobbyists kill the public option and majority rule. Get them in line, or use reconciliation to pass a public option with a majority vote."

As the majority leader of the Senate, the power to pass a public option is squarely in Harry Reid's hands. Fifty-one Senators have said they would vote for a bill with a public option -- no opt-outs, no triggers. That's a majority. Will Reid let three or four corrupt Senators owned by the insurance industry hold the public option hostage? Or will he use the reconciliation process to allow a simple majority vote on a public option?

[StarfarerBill]

7. Done and done.

[Eric J in MN]

11. Thank you. NT

NT

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Done!!

[Eric J in MN]

12. Thank you. NT

NT

[emulatorloo]

9. Harkin says he does not want reconciliation. Will put too much in the hands of budget office

and out of the hands of liberals in the Senate.

This was on Maddow Show last week. Sorry I don't have a link

[Luciferous]

10. Done

[mascarax]

13. Done, thanks for the link (n/t)