VIDEO: Rep. Shadegg admits health care reform's public option creates competition

By GottaLaff



Rep. Shadegg:

"The for profit insurance industry did not want a public option 'cause they don't like competition."

So Shadegg proves that the GOP knows they are lying.

Oops.

H/t: Tiggrr1

Alan Grayson: 72 hours. 66 cosponsors for Medicare Buy-In in the House.

By GottaLaff

Alan Grayson sent me an e-mail. That was so thoughtful. I really should return the favor, wink (bolding is mine):

72 hours. 66 cosponsors in the House. 21,254 citizen cosponsors at WeWantMedicare.com.

The Public Option Act. It's simple. It's popular. 82% of Scott Brown voters favor it. It lets anyone buy into Medicare at cost. You want it, you pay for it, and you're in.

You know and I know that it's a winner.

Private insurers make money denying us the care we need, when we need it most. Medicare doesn't. So we want Medicare. And we want it now.

Ask your Member of Congress to stand up for us. Call your member of Congress now, and ask him or her to cosponsor HR 4789, the Public Option Act.

Call the switchboard: (202) 224-3121

After you call, please let me know how it went. I need to know if your Representative is with us or against us. Tell me how it goes.

This is the week to act. We are likely to vote on a healthcare bill without a public option. We should get a vote on the Public Option Act as well. The four-page bill opens Medicare to all. It's that simple.

Call your member of Congress now, and ask if he or she has the guts to stand up for you.

Call the switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Courage,

Alan

You heard him. Call.

The Hill - Pelosi: Public option will not be in health bill

By GottaLaff

Have your emotions yo-yo'd as much as mine lately?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that the public health insurance option will not be included in a package of fixes to healthcare reform legislation.

Pelosi's comments throw a wrench into liberal efforts to reintroduce it to the bill. She shut the door on a possible pathway opened by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who said earlier on Friday that he would "aggressively" push senators to vote for the plan if the House included it in the fixes.

"We had it, we wanted it ... it's not in the reconciliation," Pelosi said at her weekly press briefing. "It isn't in there because [the Senate doesn't] have the votes to have it in there."

She also said other provisions would satisfy proponents of the public option, via exchanges.

And just now on the Thom Hartmann Show, Bernie Sanders feels it can be added later.

Medicare Buy-In Watch- Alan Grayson: 50 cosponsors & counting...

By GottaLaff

Via an e-mail just now (bolding is mine):

Dear Peggy ,

We want Medicare.

So do 50 cosponsors of my bill, the Public Option Act. That's 50 cosponsors, after just one day.

This list of cosponsors includes five powerful Committee Chairmen: John Conyers, Nydia Velazquez, Barney Frank, Ed Towns, and Bob Filner.

It includes the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and both Co-Chairs of the Progressive Caucus.

And of course, it includes public option champions Anthony Weiner, Dennis Kucinich, Jared Polis, and Chellie Pingree.

Now THAT'S momentum!

Let's keep it going.

Ask your member of Congress to sign on to HR 4789, the Public Option Act.

You can find your member of Congress and write your message here.

Onward!

Courage,

Rep. Alan Grayson

AKA the "Medicare You Can Buy Into Act."

I bought into it, and I contacted my Congress members. Your turn.

Bernie Sanders: I’m Prepared To Introduce Public Option Amendment

By GottaLaff

From what Greg Sargent says, this is another case of good news/bad news.

First, the good news:

Senator Bernie Sanders, in a brief interview in the Capitol just now, confirmed to me that he’s willing to commit to introducing an amendment that would add the public option to the Senate bill’s reconciliation fix.

This is important, because as far fetched as this seems, if this amendment is introduced, a vote on it would be very hard for the Senate Dem leadership to block.

Now the bad news:

Democratic leaders aren't thrilled.

Dick Durbin said this would "create headaches and even conceded that the leadership might be forced to ask liberal Senators to vote against it to ensure smooth passage for the overall bill."

But Bernie's going for it.

[T]he Senate Dem caucus may be forced to stand up and be counted on it.

And that will be newsworthy.

The List: 41... and I don't mean Bush

By GottaLaff

Not Bush 41, not my I.Q., and not the number of kids Octomom has... we're at 41:

Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) became the 41st senator to say that he would back the public insurance option as part of a health care bill moved through reconciliation.

Nelson, asked by HuffPost if he would vote for a public option on the Senate floor, was unequivocal. "Yes," he said firmly. "I've already voted for it in the committee, in the Finance Committee."

Between Nancy Pelosi's comment about having enough votes for health care reform if the vote were today (what about tomorrow?), and Grayson's push for a Medicare buy-in, it's a newsy day for health reform.

We now need 9 more votes:

41 senators have spoken out so far — including Harry Reid

Name		Status
Sen. Daniel Akaka	HI	Statement
Sen. Max Baucus	MT	Unknown
Sen. Evan Bayh	IN	Unknown
Sen. Mark Begich	AK	Unknown
Sen. Michael Bennet	CO	Letter
Sen. Jeff Bingaman	NM	Statement
Sen. Barbara Boxer	CA	Letter
Sen. Sherrod Brown	OH	Letter
Sen. Roland Burris	IL	Letter
Sen. Robert Byrd	WV	Unknown
Sen. Maria Cantwell	WA	Statement
Sen. Benjamin Cardin	MD	Statement
Sen. Thomas Carper	DE	Unknown
Sen. Robert Casey	PA	Statement
Sen. Kent Conrad	ND	Unknown
Sen. Christopher Dodd	CT	Statement
Sen. Byron Dorgan	ND	Statement
Sen. Richard Durbin	IL	Statement
Sen. Russell Feingold	WI	Statement
Sen. Dianne Feinstein	CA	Letter
Sen. Al Franken	MN	Letter
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand	NY	Letter
Sen. Kay Hagan	NC	Unknown
Sen. Tom Harkin	IA	Unknown
Sen. Daniel Inouye	HI	Letter
Sen. Tim Johnson	SD	Letter
Sen. Ted Kaufman	DE	Statement
Sen. John Kerry	MA	Letter
Sen. Amy Klobuchar	MN	Statement
Sen. Herb Kohl	WI	Unknown
Sen. Mary Landrieu	LA	Unknown
Sen. Frank Lautenberg	NJ	Letter
Sen. Patrick Leahy	VT	Letter
Sen. Carl Levin	MI	Letter
Sen. Blanche Lincoln	AR	Unknown
Sen. Claire McCaskill	MO	Unknown
Sen. Robert Menendez	NJ	Letter
Sen. Jeff Merkley	OR	Letter
Sen. Barbara Mikulski	MD	Letter
Sen. Patty Murray	WA	Statement
Sen. Bill Nelson	FL	Statement
Sen. Ben Nelson	NE	Unknown
Sen. Mark Pryor	AR	Unknown
Sen. Jack Reed	RI	Letter
Sen. Harry Reid	NV	Statement
Sen. John Rockefeller	WV	Unknown
Sen. Bernie Sanders	VT	Letter
Sen. Charles Schumer	NY	Letter
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen	NH	Letter
Sen. Arlen Specter	PA	Letter
Sen. Debbie Stabenow	MI	Letter
Sen. Jon Tester	MT	Statement
Sen. Mark Udall	CO	Statement
Sen. Tom Udall	NM	Letter
Sen. Mark Warner	VA	Unknown
Sen. Jim Webb	VA	Unknown
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	RI	Letter
Sen. Ron Wyden	OR	Statement

Candidates: Elaine Marshall (NC), Bill Halter (AR)

Quickie: Howard Dean on Health Care edition

By GottaLaff

Today's Quickie:

Shorter Howard Dean just now on The Rachel Maddow Show to substitute host Chris Hayes (looking mighty spiffy in his fancy schmancy suit):

"We need a public option. We don't need an individual mandate, although it would be better with one. I'm tired of being pushed around by the far right wing of the Republican party." (slightly paraphrased)

That was today's Quickie. Will you still respect me in the morning?

The whole story

By GottaLaff

An interesting tidbit from Greg Sargent:

Jane Hamsher calls for the resignation of Rep Lynn Woolsey as co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, partly because Woolsey told me she’d back the Senate bill with a good reconciliation fix even without the public option.

I want to clarify one point I should have made the other day: Woolsey also told me she’d introduce a bill creating a public option on the same day as voting for the Senate measure.

Communication is everything.

Key House Liberal “Leaning” Towards No On Health Reform

By GottaLaff

Say it with me, Rep. Grijalva: "U-ni-ty".

Doing nothing is worse, okay?

Another looming problem:

“As I weigh it, I think — for me — a ‘no’ vote is something that I continue to lean toward,” Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., the co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told Salon in a brief interview off the House floor Wednesday. “Especially the last additions — that was kind of a slap in the face for all of us who fought for the public option.”

If you’re trying to rescue the public option, this actually seems pretty counterproductive.

Um, yeah. What Greg said. Times 51.

Blanche Lincoln's challenger, Bill Halter, supports public option

By GottaLaff

Greg Sargent has the scoop, and what a scoop it is:

In an interview with me just now, Halter made it official: He fully supports the public option, and expects it to be an issue in the campaign.

Asked directly if he supported a public plan that would give folks access to Medicare or something like it, Halter answered: “Yes.”

He also supports using reconciliation for both a public option and to pass a health care reform bill in general... and, ta-da! the Employee Free Choice Act.

To find out why this goes beyond simply whether or not he'd be one more vote for what we want, read the rest here.

Hint: The "L" word.

Video- Howard Dean on Hardball: "The center left is anti-incumbent. It's the left's tea party."

By GottaLaff

Howard Dean, who is making the rounds today, is on Hardball right now. Chris Matthews seems to take pleasure in needling him, often making ridiculous comments that Dean swats down with some regularity.

Here are some random moments from their conversation:

Howard Dean:

The center left is anti-incumbent. It's the left's tea party.

Matthews asked what Dean's role is in the health care reform battle.

Dean:

I'll talk public option (hopefully one that expands Medicare) until we get one. The House will add to the bill to make it better. The bill will change, because the House won't vote for it until it does.

Matthews made a comment about Dean being a "booster" for President Obama.

Dean:

I'm always a booster of the president whether I agree or disagree.

Matthews:

I don't see the reality of your position emerging here.

Dean:

82% of Dems, 59% of the general public, want a public option. My position is to stand up for that.

Matthews:

Well, we know where he stands. He's for the public option.

Gee, ya think?

ADDED-

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Thom Hartmann talks to Howard Dean about public option, Medicare extension

By GottaLaff

Howard Dean is on the Thom Hartmann Show right now:

He's hoping for expansion of Medicare, a "super public option" as Hartmann put it.

Or as Hartmann also suggested, Medicare Part E, with "E" standing for "Everybody".

Dean: Everyone likes choices. Anthem would be out of business if they raised their rates 39% in California, and we had Medicare option, because it takes Anthem so long to implement the rate changes, and the extension would kick in.

What matters is the order in which the bills are signed. ... House first! We have 30 senators who signed on to supporting a public option, although a weaker one. We'll EASILY get 51-52 votes for this, which would extend Medicare. [I hope I just heard that right] It has to pass the House first, though.

CallCongress.org is the source for contacting your reps. Call your House representatives first, says Dean, or e-mail which is very effective.

Pelosi: House Dems can support Obama healthcare proposal

By GottaLaff

Medicare extension. Medicare extension. Medicare extension. Listen to Howard Dean...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats can support the major parts of the healthcare proposal released by the White House. [...]

Pelosi also didn’t object to the lack of a public insurance plan in Obama’s bill. Liberals in the House have pled for Obama to support the public option, and had included it in their bill as a way to ensure competition with private insurance and to drive down healthcare costs.

“There are other ways to do that,” Pelosi said. “We intend to do that in the bill. [The public option] seems to me the best way to us, but that will depend on what the Senate can pass on the Senate side.”

Just. Do. Something.

Hoyer: Public option on healthcare likely dead

By GottaLaff

I've heard the public option is dead, it's alive, it's dead, it's alive so often my head is spinning. Last night on Countdown, Howard Dean was relatively optimistic, saying he thinks the House may put it in, but that expanding Medicare to 55-year-olds would be preferable:

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Steny Hoyer:

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday indicated the public option is likely dead, noting President Barack Obama did not include it in his healthcare proposal. [...]

Hoyer did say the House could again pass a healthcare bill with a public option, and he was quick to mention his own support for the government-run health insurance alternative. But the Democratic leader made a point of noting its omission from the president’s plan and its inability to pass in the Senate. [...]

[H]e indicated he could live with the existing White House framework, which, like the Senate bill, provides for a state-based network of health insurance exchanges in order to foster competition. [...]

In September, Hoyer said Democrats might have to drop the public option if they hoped to pass healthcare reform.

I prefer Dean's Medicare expansion approach. It's clear, it sells since it's easy to understand, and at this point, it has more potential, because the public option has been so watered down.

22

By GottaLaff

TPM:

Sen. Johnson (D-SD) agrees to sign public option/reconciliation letter.

That's 21. The others are all listed here.

UPDATE: 22, Via Adam Green on the Ed Show: Debbie Stabenow is in.

VIDEO- Rachel Maddow talks Public Option, Reconciliation; Whip List- Has your senator taken a stand?

By GottaLaff

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Now that you're up on the latest, it wouldn't hurt to take action:

Some bold senators started a letter calling on Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass the public health insurance option through "reconciliation," which only needs a simple majority in the Senate.

Information on how to contact your representatives here.

Name		Status
Sen. Daniel Akaka	HI	Unknown
Sen. Max Baucus	MT	Unknown
Sen. Evan Bayh	IN	Unknown
Sen. Mark Begich	AK	Unknown
Sen. Michael Bennet	CO	Supporter
Sen. Jeff Bingaman	NM	Unknown
Sen. Barbara Boxer	CA	Supporter
Sen. Sherrod Brown	OH	Supporter
Sen. Roland Burris	IL	Supporter
Sen. Robert Byrd	WV	Unknown
Sen. Maria Cantwell	WA	Unknown
Sen. Benjamin Cardin	MD	Unknown
Sen. Thomas Carper	DE	Unknown
Sen. Robert Casey	PA	Unknown
Sen. Kent Conrad	ND	Unknown
Sen. Christopher Dodd	CT	Unknown
Sen. Byron Dorgan	ND	Unknown
Sen. Richard Durbin	IL	Unknown
Sen. Russell Feingold	WI	Unknown
Sen. Dianne Feinstein	CA	Supporter
Sen. Al Franken	MN	Supporter
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand	NY	Supporter
Sen. Kay Hagan	NC	Unknown
Sen. Tom Harkin	IA	Unknown
Sen. Daniel Inouye	HI	Unknown
Sen. Tim Johnson	SD	Unknown
Sen. Ted Kaufman	DE	Unknown
Sen. John Kerry	MA	Supporter
Sen. Amy Klobuchar	MN	Unknown
Sen. Herb Kohl	WI	Unknown
Sen. Mary Landrieu	LA	Unknown
Sen. Frank Lautenberg	NJ	Supporter
Sen. Patrick Leahy	VT	Supporter
Sen. Carl Levin	MI	Unknown
Sen. Blanche Lincoln	AR	Unknown
Sen. Claire McCaskill	MO	Unknown
Sen. Robert Menendez	NJ	Supporter
Sen. Jeff Merkley	OR	Supporter
Sen. Barbara Mikulski	MD	Supporter
Sen. Patty Murray	WA	Unknown
Sen. Bill Nelson	FL	Unknown
Sen. Ben Nelson	NE	Unknown
Sen. Mark Pryor	AR	Unknown
Sen. Jack Reed	RI	Supporter
Sen. Harry Reid	NV	Unknown
Sen. John Rockefeller	WV	Unknown
Sen. Bernie Sanders	VT	Supporter
Sen. Charles Schumer	NY	Supporter
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen	NH	Supporter
Sen. Arlen Specter	PA	Supporter
Sen. Debbie Stabenow	MI	Unknown
Sen. Jon Tester	MT	Unknown
Sen. Mark Udall	CO	Unknown
Sen. Tom Udall	NM	Supporter
Sen. Mark Warner	VA	Unknown
Sen. James Webb	VA	Unknown
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	RI	Supporter
Sen. Ron Wyden	OR	Unknown

Candidates: Elaine Marshall (NC)

120 House members signed.

Read the full letter they've signed on to...

Name		Status
Rep. Neil Abercrombie	HI-01	Supporter
Rep. Gary Ackerman	NY-05	Supporter
Rep. John Adler	NJ-03	Unknown
Rep. Jason Altmire	PA-04	Unknown
Rep. Robert Andrews	NJ-01	Unknown
Rep. Michael Arcuri	NY-24	Unknown
Rep. Joe Baca	CA-43	Unknown
Rep. Brian Baird	WA-03	Unknown
Rep. Tammy Baldwin	WI-02	Supporter
Rep. John Barrow	GA-12	Unknown
Rep. Melissa Bean	IL-08	Unknown
Rep. Xavier Becerra	CA-31	Unknown
Rep. Shelley Berkley	NV-01	Unknown
Rep. Howard Berman	CA-28	Supporter
Rep. Marion Berry	AR-01	Unknown
Rep. Timothy Bishop	NY-01	Unknown
Rep. Sanford Bishop	GA-02	Unknown
Rep. Earl Blumenauer	OR-03	Supporter
Rep. John Boccieri	OH-16	Unknown
Rep. Dan Boren	OK-02	Unknown
Rep. Leonard Boswell	IA-03	Supporter
Rep. Rick Boucher	VA-09	Unknown
Rep. Allen Boyd	FL-02	Unknown
Rep. Robert Brady	PA-01	Supporter
Rep. Bruce Braley	IA-01	Unknown
Rep. Bobby Bright	AL-02	Unknown
Rep. Corrine Brown	FL-03	Supporter
Rep. G. Butterfield	NC-01	Unknown
Rep. Lois Capps	CA-23	Supporter
Rep. Michael Capuano	MA-08	Supporter
Rep. Dennis Cardoza	CA-18	Unknown
Rep. Russ Carnahan	MO-03	Unknown
Rep. Christopher Carney	PA-10	Unknown
Rep. Andre Carson	IN-07	Supporter
Rep. Kathy Castor	FL-11	Unknown
Rep. Ben Chandler	KY-06	Unknown
Rep. Travis Childers	MS-01	Unknown
Rep. Judy Chu	CA-32	Supporter
Rep. Yvette Clarke	NY-11	Supporter
Rep. William Clay	MO-01	Supporter
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver	MO-05	Supporter
Rep. James Clyburn	SC-06	Unknown
Rep. Steve Cohen	TN-09	Supporter
Rep. Gerry Connolly	VA-11	Unknown
Rep. John Conyers	MI-14	Supporter
Rep. Jim Cooper	TN-05	Unknown
Rep. Jim Costa	CA-20	Unknown
Rep. Jerry Costello	IL-12	Unknown
Rep. Joe Courtney	CT-02	Supporter
Rep. Joseph Crowley	NY-07	Unknown
Rep. Henry Cuellar	TX-28	Unknown
Rep. Elijah Cummings	MD-07	Supporter
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper	PA-03	Unknown
Rep. Artur Davis	AL-07	Unknown
Rep. Susan Davis	CA-53	Supporter
Rep. Lincoln Davis	TN-04	Unknown
Rep. Danny Davis	IL-07	Supporter
Rep. Peter DeFazio	OR-04	Supporter
Rep. Diana DeGette	CO-01	Unknown
Rep. Bill Delahunt	MA-10	Supporter
Rep. Rosa DeLauro	CT-03	Unknown
Rep. Norman Dicks	WA-06	Unknown
Rep. John Dingell	MI-15	Unknown
Rep. Lloyd Doggett	TX-25	Supporter
Rep. Joe Donnelly	IN-02	Unknown
Rep. Michael Doyle	PA-14	Supporter
Rep. Steve Driehaus	OH-01	Unknown
Rep. Chet Edwards	TX-17	Unknown
Rep. Donna Edwards	MD-04	Supporter
Rep. Keith Ellison	MN-05	Supporter
Rep. Brad Ellsworth	IN-08	Unknown
Rep. Eliot Engel	NY-17	Supporter
Rep. Anna Eshoo	CA-14	Supporter
Rep. Bob Etheridge	NC-02	Unknown
Rep. Sam Farr	CA-17	Supporter
Rep. Chaka Fattah	PA-02	Supporter
Rep. Bob Filner	CA-51	Supporter
Rep. Bill Foster	IL-14	Unknown
Rep. Barney Frank	MA-04	Supporter
Rep. Marcia Fudge	OH-11	Unknown
Rep. John Garamendi	CA-10	Supporter
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords	AZ-08	Unknown
Rep. Charles Gonzalez	TX-20	Supporter
Rep. Bart Gordon	TN-06	Unknown
Rep. Alan Grayson	FL-08	Supporter
Rep. Al Green	TX-09	Supporter
Rep. Gene Green	TX-29	Supporter
Rep. Raul Grijalva	AZ-07	Supporter
Rep. Luis Gutierrez	IL-04	Supporter
Rep. John Hall	NY-19	Supporter
Rep. Debbie Halvorson	IL-11	Unknown
Rep. Phil Hare	IL-17	Supporter
Rep. Jane Harman	CA-36	Supporter
Rep. Alcee Hastings	FL-23	Supporter
Rep. Martin Heinrich	NM-01	Supporter*
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	SD-01	Unknown
Rep. Brian Higgins	NY-27	Supporter
Rep. Baron Hill	IN-09	Unknown
Rep. Jim Himes	CT-04	Unknown
Rep. Maurice Hinchey	NY-22	Supporter
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa	TX-15	Unknown
Rep. Mazie Hirono	HI-02	Supporter
Rep. Paul Hodes	NH-02	Supporter*
Rep. Tim Holden	PA-17	Unknown
Rep. Rush Holt	NJ-12	Supporter
Rep. Mike Honda	CA-15	Supporter
Rep. Steny Hoyer	MD-05	Unknown
Rep. Jay Inslee	WA-01	Supporter
Rep. Steve Israel	NY-02	Unknown
Rep. Jesse Jackson	IL-02	Supporter
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee	TX-18	Supporter
Rep. Hank Johnson	GA-04	Supporter
Rep. Eddie Johnson	TX-30	Unknown
Rep. Steve Kagen	WI-08	Unknown
Rep. Paul Kanjorski	PA-11	Unknown
Rep. Marcy Kaptur	OH-09	Supporter
Rep. Patrick Kennedy	RI-01	Supporter
Rep. Dale Kildee	MI-05	Supporter
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick	MI-13	Supporter
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy	OH-15	Supporter
Rep. Ron Kind	WI-03	Unknown
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick	AZ-01	Unknown
Rep. Larry Kissell	NC-08	Unknown
Rep. Ron Klein	FL-22	Unknown
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas	FL-24	Unknown
Rep. Frank Kratovil	MD-01	Unknown
Rep. Dennis Kucinich	OH-10	Unknown
Rep. James Langevin	RI-02	Supporter
Rep. Rick Larsen	WA-02	Supporter
Rep. John Larson	CT-01	Unknown
Rep. Barbara Lee	CA-09	Supporter
Rep. Sandy Levin	MI-12	Unknown
Rep. John Lewis	GA-05	Supporter
Rep. Dan Lipinski	IL-03	Unknown
Rep. Dave Loebsack	IA-02	Unknown
Rep. Zoe Lofgren	CA-16	Supporter
Rep. Nita Lowey	NY-18	Supporter
Rep. Ben Lujan	NM-03	Supporter
Rep. Stephen Lynch	MA-09	Unknown
Rep. Dan Maffei	NY-25	Supporter
Rep. Carolyn Maloney	NY-14	Supporter
Rep. Betsy Markey	CO-04	Unknown
Rep. Ed Markey	MA-07	Supporter
Rep. Jim Marshall	GA-08	Unknown
Rep. Eric Massa	NY-29	Unknown
Rep. James Matheson	UT-02	Unknown
Rep. Doris Matsui	CA-05	Supporter
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy	NY-04	Unknown
Rep. Betty McCollum	MN-04	Unknown
Rep. Jim McDermott	WA-07	Supporter
Rep. Jim McGovern	MA-03	Supporter
Rep. Mike McIntyre	NC-07	Unknown
Rep. Michael McMahon	NY-13	Unknown
Rep. Jerry McNerney	CA-11	Unknown
Rep. Kendrick Meek	FL-17	Unknown
Rep. Gregory Meeks	NY-06	Supporter
Rep. Charlie Melancon	LA-03	Unknown
Rep. Mike Michaud	ME-02	Supporter
Rep. George Miller	CA-07	Supporter
Rep. Brad Miller	NC-13	Supporter
Rep. Walter Minnick	ID-01	Unknown
Rep. Harry Mitchell	AZ-05	Unknown
Rep. Alan Mollohan	WV-01	Unknown
Rep. Dennis Moore	KS-03	Unknown
Rep. Gwen Moore	WI-04	Supporter
Rep. James Moran	VA-08	Supporter
Rep. Scott Murphy	NY-20	Supporter
Rep. Chris Murphy	CT-05	Supporter
Rep. Patrick Murphy	PA-08	Supporter
Rep. John Murtha	PA-12	Unknown
Rep. Jerrold Nadler	NY-08	Supporter
Rep. Grace Napolitano	CA-38	Supporter
Rep. Richard Neal	MA-02	Unknown
Rep. Glenn Nye	VA-02	Unknown
Rep. Jim Oberstar	MN-08	Supporter
Rep. David Obey	WI-07	Unknown
Rep. John Olver	MA-01	Supporter
Rep. Solomon Ortiz	TX-27	Unknown
Rep. Bill Owens	NY-23	Unknown
Rep. Frank Pallone	NJ-06	Unknown
Rep. Bill Pascrell	NJ-08	Unknown
Rep. Ed Pastor	AZ-04	Unknown
Rep. Donald Payne	NJ-10	Supporter
Rep. Nancy Pelosi	CA-08	Unknown
Rep. Ed Perlmutter	CO-07	Unknown
Rep. Tom Perriello	VA-05	Supporter
Rep. Gary Peters	MI-09	Unknown
Rep. Collin Peterson	MN-07	Unknown
Rep. Chellie Pingree	ME-01	Supporter
Rep. Jared Polis	CO-02	Supporter
Rep. Earl Pomeroy	ND-01	Unknown
Rep. David Price	NC-04	Supporter
Rep. Mike Quigley	IL-05	Unknown
Rep. Nick Rahall	WV-03	Unknown
Rep. Charles Rangel	NY-15	Unknown
Rep. Silvestre Reyes	TX-16	Unknown
Rep. Laura Richardson	CA-37	Supporter
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez	TX-23	Unknown
Rep. Mike Ross	AR-04	Unknown
Rep. Steve Rothman	NJ-09	Supporter
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard	CA-34	Supporter
Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	MD-02	Unknown
Rep. Bobby Rush	IL-01	Unknown
Rep. Tim Ryan	OH-17	Unknown
Rep. John Salazar	CO-03	Unknown
Rep. Linda Sanchez	CA-39	Supporter
Rep. Loretta Sanchez	CA-47	Unknown
Rep. John Sarbanes	MD-03	Supporter
Rep. Janice Schakowsky	IL-09	Supporter
Rep. Mark Schauer	MI-07	Supporter
Rep. Adam Schiff	CA-29	Supporter
Rep. Kurt Schrader	OR-05	Unknown
Rep. Allyson Schwartz	PA-13	Unknown
Rep. David Scott	GA-13	Unknown
Rep. Robert Scott	VA-03	Supporter
Rep. Jose Serrano	NY-16	Supporter
Rep. Joe Sestak	PA-07	Supporter*
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter	NH-01	Supporter
Rep. Brad Sherman	CA-27	Supporter
Rep. Heath Shuler	NC-11	Unknown
Rep. Albio Sires	NJ-13	Unknown
Rep. Ike Skelton	MO-04	Unknown
Rep. Louise Slaughter	NY-28	Unknown
Rep. Adam Smith	WA-09	Unknown
Rep. Vic Snyder	AR-02	Unknown
Rep. Zack Space	OH-18	Unknown
Rep. Jackie Speier	CA-12	Supporter
Rep. John Spratt	SC-05	Unknown
Rep. Pete Stark	CA-13	Unknown
Rep. Bart Stupak	MI-01	Unknown
Rep. Betty Sutton	OH-13	Supporter
Rep. John Tanner	TN-08	Unknown
Rep. Gene Taylor	MS-04	Unknown
Rep. Harry Teague	NM-02	Unknown
Rep. Mike Thompson	CA-01	Supporter
Rep. Bennie Thompson	MS-02	Unknown
Rep. John Tierney	MA-06	Supporter
Rep. Dina Titus	NV-03	Unknown
Rep. Paul Tonko	NY-21	Supporter
Rep. Edolphus Towns	NY-10	Supporter
Rep. Niki Tsongas	MA-05	Supporter
Rep. Chris Van Hollen	MD-08	Unknown
Rep. Nydia Velazquez	NY-12	Supporter
Rep. Peter Visclosky	IN-01	Unknown
Rep. Tim Walz	MN-01	Unknown
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz	FL-20	Unknown
Rep. Maxine Waters	CA-35	Supporter
Rep. Diane Watson	CA-33	Supporter
Rep. Mel Watt	NC-12	Supporter
Rep. Henry Waxman	CA-30	Unknown
Rep. Anthony Weiner	NY-09	Supporter
Rep. Peter Welch	VT-01	Supporter
Rep. Charles Wilson	OH-06	Unknown
Rep. Lynn Woolsey	CA-06	Supporter
Rep. David Wu	OR-01	Supporter
Rep. John Yarmuth	KY-03	Supporter

Plus: Delegates Donna M. Christensen (D-VI) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC).

* Separate letters were sent by Reps. Joe Sestak, Martin Heinrich, and Paul Hodes.

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