He's apparently still planning to introduce both a full single payer bill in the Senate, a la Anthony Weiner's substitution move last I heard, and he's planning to introduce a Kucinich-style states' rights single payer amendment too.
By DANIEL BARLOW
Times-Argus (Vt.)
Oct. 29, 2009MONTPELIER — U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders will likely make history this year when — for the first time ever — he brings a bill creating a national single-payer health care system to the floor of the Senate for a vote.
As a compromise on a public-option plan that would allow states to opt out gains steam in the U.S. Senate, Sanders, a Vermont independent, continues to focus his attention on a single-payer bill, although he acknowledges that there are not enough votes to pass it.
“That bill will lose,” Sanders said Wednesday morning during a telephone interview. “The question, however, will be how much support it will get.”
Call your Senators and tell them you support S 703.
Can't hurt to thank Bernie Sanders himself either.
- hipparchia's blog
- Login or register to post comments
Front page
Comments
He can do this as a Senator, right?
Weiner doesn't seem to be able to introduce a bill to the House floor at will, but Sanders, as a Senator, seems to be able to.
Nothing is true; everything is permitted.
i don't really know the rules
i've got a really simple strategy for communicating with my senators and representative -- i keep telling them i want single payer and i then i mention bill numbers, hr676 or s703 as appropriate.
then i send thank yous to people like anthony weiner, eric massa, and bernie sanders.
i figure it's their business to know the rules and come up with a strategy.