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Levin Becomes 24th Senator To Sign Public Option Letter
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
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Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) has signed Sen. Michael Bennet's (D-CO) letter calling on the leadership to pass a health care public option via reconciliation.
Levin is the 24th senator (and sixth committee chairman) to sign the letter, which was originally signed by Bennet, Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR).
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TBender
February 24, 2010 4:52 PM
26 more to go...
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BobFred2
February 24, 2010 4:58 PM
Correct me if I am wrong but I think Sen.Schumer will be the only person at the conference tommorrow who has come out strong for the public option.
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bidalah
February 24, 2010 5:27 PM
I am a fan of the public option. I am not a fan of pushing anything that Obama is not prepared to push. What would be the point? The conservative wing of the party would be fools to risk their offices supporting an option that Obama is not even willing to endorse.
We will never get to 51 votes if Obama and Reid are not both prepared to start turning screws, and even then it is iffy. This is precisely why I supported Hillary in the primaries; Obama is a premier negotiator and conciliator when what we really need is a bull dog.
It's time to stop dreaming. The votes just aren't there and neither is the leadership. Pass the bill we can pass and start the election campaign!
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Powkat
February 24, 2010 5:37 PM in reply to bidalah
You give up if you like - I'm keeping hope alive!
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Indie Pro
February 24, 2010 5:50 PM in reply to Powkat
good on you Powkat!
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barbs
February 24, 2010 6:29 PM
the site only has 23 what happened to
Sen. Daniel Inouye? He's no longer listed
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MichiganMark
February 24, 2010 7:15 PM
I am so proud of my two Senators, Levin and Stabenow.
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mass_murdock
February 24, 2010 7:55 PM
our own little purity test
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AJM
February 24, 2010 10:17 PM in reply to mass_murdock
Obama can't negotiate his way out of a paper bag.
As a community organizer you essentially beg from people who do have the power. That is how he is treating the Republicans -- as though they had the power and had to be begged to help. Obama does not recognize the power that goes with his office and hasn't figured out how to use it.
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AJM
February 24, 2010 10:20 PM in reply to AJM
Sorry. Meant for bidalah but since I'm here.
As a purity test it's not bad: are you willing to vote for something which meets the principles of the Democratic Party and is supported by a majority of the voters?
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philogratis
February 24, 2010 11:11 PM in reply to mass_murdock
Funny. They have ten items on their purity tests, we have only one.
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