Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Klobuchar Joins Franken In Supporting A Public Option

This evening, Sen. Amy Klobuchar decided to fight with the angels:

The Minnesota Independent:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is joining the chorus of Democratic senators who support the use of reconciliation — a procedural tool that would allow a bill to pass with a simple majority vote, thereby circumventing filibuster attempts — to pass health care reform measures. In a statement prepared for the Minnesota Independent, Klobuchar indicated she essentially agreed with Sen. Al Franken and nine other senators (eight Democrats, plus Vermont independent Bernie Sanders), who signed a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to use reconciliation to bring about a Senate vote.
Also tonight, the Huffington Post reports that two other Democratic senators indicated support for the public option:
...a spokeswoman for Sen. Cardin (D-MD) said Wednesday that "Senator Cardin has always been for a strong public option. He also has long thought reconciliation was a viable option for passing strong health care reform."
[...]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the 11th Senator to sign on to a new effort by Democrats to press Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to pass a public option for insurance coverage using reconciliation, her office confirmed to the Huffington Post on Wednesday.
That makes a total of 13 senators supporting the use of reconciliation to pass the public option. Harry Reid is going to have to grow a pair real soon. Call your senators now, and either thank them, or tell them to sign on to this effort!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally...this needs to move forward. I'm continually impressed with Frankin, and it is about time Klobuchar joined this effort!

FreeSprirtedRuminations said...

Finally...this needs to move forward. I'm continually impressed with Frankin, and it is about time Klobuchar joined this effort!