Here is a collective hug for Nebraska Democrats. You guys ROCK!!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

Nebraska Dems Put Nelson On The Spot On Public Option

The Nebraska Democratic Party put the state's senior senator, Ben Nelson, in an awkward spot on Saturday by passing a resolution making support for a government-run insurance option a central aspect of its platform.

In a nearly unanimous vote at a committee meeting in Fort Omaha Metro Community College, about 70 attendees approved language that urges members of Congress "to vote for such health care reform proposals that contain a robust public option at all stages of the legislative process including conference and reconciliation, and encourage legislators to pass such reform."

Nelson remains one of the highest-profiled U.S. Senate Democratic holdouts on the public plan, even recently declining to commit to voting against a Republican filibuster of legislation that included the provision.

Officials at the Nebraska Democratic Party said the committee vote was not meant as a rebuke of the senator, who has historically taken a conservative approach to public policy issues. More an encouragement to all Democratic state legislators.

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more here:

http://current.com/items/91107591_nebraska-dems-put-nelson-on-the-spot-on-public-option.htm

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We need MORE state partys doing this.

Nebraska, :yourock:

[Joanne98]

1. BRAVO!

[gratuitous]

2. Earth to Sen. Nelson, Earth to Sen. Nelson

Come in, please. Earth to Sen. Nelson, do you read me? Over . . .

[DLnyc]

3. So maybe it's not really his "conservative constituency" that makes Rep. Nelson

into an enabler for the Wealthcare industry . . . ?

[spanone]

4. i imagine the great senator is enraged....how dare the people expect him to do their bidding

[Canuckistanian]

5. Good news! And a question

What's the relationship between the state and national Democrats? Do they ever get together and try to synchronize common policies?

Or does Ben Nelson get to wander off and do whatever the hell he likes in Nebraska and still call himself a Democrat?

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I'm not actually sure of all the states' parties .....

Some are strongly linked to the national party ... some not so much. On Nebraska's position, I'm really unsure.

[BlooInBloo]

7. Yep. The closer the politician is to real people, the better the support gets...

I conjecture.

[onestepforward]

8. Awesome!

Good job Nebraska Dems!