Sign Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s Petition to Pressure White House
It’s crunch time and reports have been confirmed that the rather than emphatically supporting what 70% of Americans want–a strong public option–it’s time for us to pressure the White House.
Today the Progressive Change Campaign Committee launched a new ad today asking Obama to fulfill the promises he made on the campaign trail. Holding out for one or two Republican senators so the White House can call a watered-down reform bill “bipartisan” is extremely short-sighted and won’t help any Democrats in the mid-term elections.
. It’s important to get as many signatures on the petition by Monday as possible. . Now it’s time for the White House to support Reid’s work in the Senate.
From PCCC co-founder Aaron Swartz:
Multiple media reports say that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is very close to rounding up the votes needed for a public health insurance option, but “the White House is pushing back against the idea” in order to get the support of Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
Tell the White House that the support of one Republican isn’t worth a bad bill. :
“Every day, insurance companies deny care and let people die. Getting one Republican senator’s vote is not worth delaying reform — too many real lives are at stake. We need you to fight and state clearly that anything less than a strong public option is not change we can believe in.” .
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We need the public option included in the bill. We cannot afford to wait!