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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:01 PM
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Update on Public Option List 18 senators have signed so far.
Edited on Thu Feb-18-10 05:59 PM by cal04
List so far
http://whipcongress.com/?source=letter

Michael Bennet (D-CO), U.S. Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), U.S. Senator
Jeff Merkley (D-OR), U.S. Senator
Sherrod Brown (D-OH), U.S. Senator

(added)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein CA Supporter
Sen. Al Franken MN Supporter
Sen. John Kerry MA Supporter
Sen. Patrick Leahy VT Supporter
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse RI Supporter
Sen. Bernie Sanders VT Supporter
Sen. Roland Burris IL Supporter
Sen. Barbara Boxer CA Supporter
Sen. Frank Lautenberg NJ Supporter
Sen. Barbara Mikulski MD Supporter
Sen. Jack Reed RI Supporter
Sen. Charles Schumer NY Supporter
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen NH Supporter
Sen. Tom Udall NM Supporter

from Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/17/dianne-feinstein-signs-on_n_466435.html
UPDATE: Thursday, 4:44 PM -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a fairly conservative member, has signed the letter, according to organizers and to a spokesperson for Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who's leading the charge.

UPDATE: Thursday, 4:40 PM -- Sen. Chris Dodd's (D-Conn.) office released a statement today that reiterates the senator's support for a public option for insurance coverage but doesn't touch the issue of whether he'd like to see the proposal passed using reconciliation.

"Senator Dodd is and always has been a strong supporter of the public option," the statement reads. "It was under his leadership that the HELP committee passed a bill with a strong public option last summer. And he will continue his work to get comprehensive health care reform passed."
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:02 PM
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1. That's good.
I hope the list keeps growing.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:04 PM
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2. If you have a Democratic Senator not listed above, then please...
...phone or email the Senator's office to ask that the Senator sign the letter.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:04 PM
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3. Where's my other Senator?
Mr. Wyden, call of destiny on line 2!
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Zenlitened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:12 PM
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4. HuffPo error/typo" Shaheen is N.H. (New Hampshire), not N.C.
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 06:00 PM
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10. thanks Zenlitened
for the heads up
I fixed it
:hi:
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:13 PM
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5. Feinstein's on the list but Feingold isn't?
Is this from the bizarro senate?
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:15 PM
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7. I know- and what about Harkin?
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:14 PM
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6. Okay both my Senators have signed on so I don't have any bonfires to
Edited on Thu Feb-18-10 05:36 PM by Cleita
light under them. But those of you with any Democratic fence sitters need to harass them into doing the right thing and join up with those Senators until we get 32 more on board.

Edited to correct typo from 22 to 32 senators.
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:31 PM
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8. 32 more and it will be a dnoe deal..
:-)
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 05:42 PM
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9. No Harkin ...too bad
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sandyj999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 06:07 PM
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11. Neither of my senators have signed. And I have a long memory.
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