Health Care Heroes

Health Care Heroes FDL Action PAC firedoglake@gmail.com These progressive members of Congress are joining together to make sure that any health care bill passing the House of Representatives will include a robust public option -- no co-ops, no triggers. Health care is a fundamental human rights issue. These Representatives are taking incredible risks to defend the right of every American to have good, affordable health care. They promise to stand strong against those who would turn health care reform into a bailout of the insurance industry -- in defiance of the lobbyists, the PACs and the influence peddlers of the medical industrial complex who have "captured our political system," in the words of <a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/09/10/letting-insurance-write-the-bill-how-bad-is-that/">Marcy Wheeler.</a> They stand for what they believe is right, without the support of the party, the leadership or the liberal institutions who should be backing them. We feel confident that when they time comes, these members will stand strong for us and won't bow to pressure. Please let them know how grateful we are. http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/publicoption (Links to each members' pledge, including videos and statements, are included in the notations. Click on the members' name.) public true 16441.00 302 Raul Grijalva false AZ-07 grijalva 4800.00 49637.65 3202 http://www.grijalva2004.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12662 2548.90 251 "Our insistence on this is based on real public policy -- we don't want a trigger, we don't want a public plan that has no network of providers...I think the President respects the fact that these are principled issues we're taking. This is not petty. I'm not saying "no" just to be spiteful, or petulant. This is a principled vote. It's a principled decision." --- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77uPGZ5PYA">Rep. Raul Grijalva </a> Keith Ellison false MN-05 ellison 4800.00 9851.11 3260 http://www.keithellison.org/index.htm https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12773 1607.90 227 "I will not vote for any healthcare that does not include a public option. I will not do it, that's a guaranteed no vote and I will not be dissuaded from that." -- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uc_kSlppgE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcampaignsilo.firedoglake.com%2F2009%2F06%2F25%2Fkeith-ellison-i-will-not-vote-for-any-healthcare-that-does-not-include-a-public-option%2F&feature=player_embedded">Rep. Keith Ellison</a> Maxine Waters false CA-35 waters 4800.00 8341.73 2165 http://www.congresswomanmaxinewaters.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12689 1474.40 219 "For the majority, I think, of our members a public option is a compromise -- we wanted single payer as you know, and we backed off because they said that was going to be impossible to do. Again they brought up the more conservative elements, etc. etc., and so we will not support any bill that does not have a public option in it. -- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjwgMKhYfjg">Rep. Maxine Waters</a> Emanuel Cleaver false MO-05 cleaver 4800.00 7150.09 3366 http://www.cleaverforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12779 1380.40 211 "I have said from the very beginning and I will say even to the end that I will not support any health care program that does not have a very strong public option. If there is no way to guarantee from the very beginning that every American will have access to adequate insurance coverage, that I will not support it." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/10/emanuel-cleaver-ii-takes-the-pledge-8-down-32-to-go/">Rep. Emanuel Cleaver </a> Lloyd Doggett false TX-25 doggett 4800.00 12191.57 3252 http://www.doggettforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12865 639.31 77 "We do need reform of health care so desperately. And I've joined in the communications to our leadership,and I've said withing the Ways & Means Democratic Caucus -- no public plan, no vote for me. -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/22/lloyd-dogget-takes-the-pledge/"> -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett </a> Bob Filner false CA-51 filner 4800.00 6299.50 2965 http://www.bobfilnerforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12696 400.05 66 "We need to do this now. People say we are rushing it, we have been waiting since 1948 to take health care reform seriously. We cant afford much longer at this rate....So lets get the public health option, and I am not going to vote for any healthcare reform plan that does not include such a public option....We need the guarantee of accessibility on day one. Any trigger as far as I am concerned, kills my support for the bill." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/08/06/bob-filner-takes-the-pledge/">Rep. Bob Filner</a> Jerrold Nadler false NY-08 nadler 4800.00 14196.68 2674 http://www.jerrynadler.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12807 1271.40 212 "In May, I began whipping my colleagues on the absolute necessity for a public option and convinced many of them to commit, as I have done, to voting against any health reform bill that excludes the public option. This commitment will give us leverage to oppose the insurance company lobbyists, and force inclusion of a robust public option in the developing health insurance reform plan." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/02/nadler-takes-the-pledge-nyceve-scoooore/">Rep. Jerrold Nadler</a> Chellie Pingree false ME-01 pingree 4800.00 774939.22 4257 http://pingreeforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/17915 444.31 73 "I'm not going to vote for any House bill that doesn't include a robust public option without any triggers or coops--that's a must-have for me." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/24/chellie-pingree-takes-the-pledge-12-down-28-to-go/">Rep. Chellie Pingree</a> Lynn Woolsey false CA-06 woolsey 4800.00 8831.28 2002 http://www.woolseyforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12666 1574.40 215 "Oh I will vote against anything that does not include ... and it's got to be real. I mean, you can call it anything you want ... I believe there are enough of us, among the 120 in the tri-caucus and the progressive caucus, that can stop any votes.... Any health care reform that does not include a strong, robust public option for all Americans will not be health care reform." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/26/lynn-woolsey-will-not-vote-for-health-care-without-a-strong-public-option/">Rep. Lynn Woolsey</a> Phil Hare false IL-17 phil hare 4800.00 6046.64 2821 http://www.friendsofphilhare.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12735 1156.40 207 "The purpose of having a public option -- and that's why I can't vote for any bill that doesn't have one -- is that without the public option, people don't have any place else to go, except for the insurance companies." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/06/rep-phil-hare-takes-the-pledge/">Rep. Phil Hare</a> Barney Frank false MA-04 frank 4800.00 43028.70 3443 http://www.barneyfrank.org/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12750 658.76 73 "I am a strong supporter of single payer, and I do reluctantly accept a full public option as the best we can do. So I am strongly committed to a public option and I will not vote for a bill that does not include a nationwide, genuine public plan ... I am not talking now about a trigger, which I greatly oppose." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/28/barney-frank-will-not-vote-for-co-ops-takes-the-pledge/">Rep. Barney Frank</a> Carolyn Maloney false NY-14 maloney 4800.00 47901.96 2188 http://maloneyforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12812 348.76 67 "I have decided I will not vote for a health care bill in the House that doesn’t include a real public option and I Pledge to uphold the public option principles agreed upon by the Progressive Caucus." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/27/fdl-action-whip-it-day-33/">Rep. Carolyn Maloney</a> Robert Wexler false FL-19 wexler 4800.00 9184.18 1950 http://www.wexlerforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12711 904.77 95 <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/17/wexler-takes-the-pledge-gets-picketed-by-dick-armey/">Rep. Wexler's office confirms</a> that he is committed to vote against any bill that does not conform to the principles of the CPC, which means that it must contain a public plan that has no triggers and is available nationwide to everyone, and that it must also have the ability to negotiate for rates in order to keep costs down. Donna Edwards false MD-04 donna edwards 4800.00 512841.62 11838 http://www.donnaedwardsforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/17959 553.26 69 "Taking the FDL pledge... the pledge is consistent with what I've outlined as important components for any reform to be called reform. Signing up for the pledge now. But, progressives need to hold tight on this one. We cannot allow the language of robust reform to be used to describe something that is not. -- <a href="http://www.openleft.com/showComment.do?commentId=173664">Rep. Donna Edwards</a> Yvette Clarke false NY-11 clarke 4800.00 7227.50 3150 http://www.voteyvette.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12810 223.08 32 Rep. Clarke: There is no health care reform without a robust public option. Eve Gittelson: You are saying you will not vote for any bill through conference that does not have a public option. Rep. Clarke: That is correct. -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/08/17-down-23-to-go-yvette-clarke-takes-the-pledge/">Rep. Yvette Clarke</a> John Conyers, Jr false MI-14 conyers, 4800.00 8124.82 3301 http://www.johnconyers.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12769 180.58 29 "The centerpiece of this reform is a robust Medicare-like public health insurance plan tied to the Medicare provider system. Like many of my colleagues in both the House and Senate, I will oppose any health care reform bill that lacks such a plan. I will also oppose any legislation that seeks to replace a robust public health insurance option with health care cooperatives or which ties the availability of the public option to a trigger mechanism." -- <a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/08/16-down-24-to-go-john-conyers-takes-the-pledge/">Rep. John Conyers</a> FDL Action PAC false fdl action pac 5000.00 110308.34 3420 http://www.fdlactionpac.org https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/23028 123.00 4