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DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALISTS
OF
AMERICA
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December 6,
2009
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NEWS FROM DSA |
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Health Care Battle Moves to the
Senate
It is a great irony that the closer Congress gets
to passing a health care bill the weaker the bill seems to those of us on the
left. The Senate health care bill is not as good as the House bill and even that
is not as good as we would like. But for the moment our focus is on how to
improve the Senate bill so that the conference committee that reconciles
the two bills will provide an opportunity to end up with something better than
either branch of Congress passed.
Sanders Amendment
Senator Bernie Sanders has
introduced an amendment to the Senate Bill (Amendment 2837) which would
substitute a single payer plan for the existing Senate Bill. Senators
Brown and Burris have cosponsored the bill. It is not clear
when this amendment will come up for a vote. But it is quite possible that it
will be voted early in the week. On Monday please call your Senators and urge
them to co-sponsor Sanders Amendment (2837) and to vote for it when it comes up
for a vote. Simply call the Capitol switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask to be connected to your Senator's
office.
Abortion Rights
One of the most conservative Democrats, Senator
Nelson of Nebraska, plans to introduce an amendment to make the health care bill
more restrictive of a women's right to choose to have an abortion. The
bill which is already too restrictive of women's rights must not be made worse.
Ask your senator to vote against any amendment to the health care bill
that would restrict a women's right to choose to have an abortion by
inserting the same or similar language to the infamous Stupak amendment
that passed in the House bill.
Please forward this message
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