Public option whip count update

[ProSense]

whip count


Bennet
Boxer
Brown
Burris
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Johnson (new)
Kerry
Lautenberg
Leahy
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Reed
Sanders
Schumer
Shaheen
Specter
Udall
Whitehouse


Suport, but haven't signed

Cardin
Harkin
Levin
Klobuchar


Missing from the list are nine Senators who signed a letter to Reid supporting the public option:

Akaka
Wyden
Stabenow
Casey
Inouye
Kaufman
Herb Kohl


Haven't heard from these Senators (all public option supporters:

Begich
Bingaman
Cantwell
Conrad
Dodd
Dorgan
Durbin
Feingold
Hagan
Murray
Reid
Rockefeller
Tester
Udall, Mark
Warner
Wyden

[jannyk]

1. Stabenow signs on..as per Ed Show - MSNBC

Guest Adam Green. Gives us 22 signed on to date.

[ProSense]

6. She's on the list now. Thanks n/t

[craigmatic]

2. it's still not enough they need like 4 more and Biden to pass it

That's assuming the quiet ones are for it. I doubt it happens

[ProSense]

3. There are a few that aren't listed

McCaskill
Pryor
Reid
Webb

[ShortnFiery]

4. Where's Webb (D-VA) ? eom

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

7. Yeah, I'm curious about that too. I seem to remember him coming out for it before.

[Lil Missy]

5. xx

[ProSense]

8. Rockefeller may not support reconciliation

Rockefeller Not Inclined To Support Reconciliation For The Public Plan

But Rockefeller said he felt sufficiently comfortable with the current construct of the Senate's legislation (which lacks a public plan) in part because it contains a national non-profit system that is based on the plan federal employees enjoy, and contains provisions that require insurance companies to spend a high percentage of their capital on medical coverage.

[hulka38]

9. Where's Russ in this whole thing? I would have thought he'd be on board.