Democratic Leadership in the House will decide TODAY

Written by: Karen Kostoff on Oct 23, 2009 12:10 PM EDT

Word is that Democratic Leadership in the House of Representatives will decide TODAY if they have the votes for the most robust version of the public option currently on the table.

Leadership knows they have the votes for some form of public option and that if they don't include a public option they can't even pass the bill. So negotiations at this point come down to how strong, how robust of a version of the public option can the House pass in thier bill. The stronger the House version of the public option is going into final negotiations with the Senate, the harder it will be for the Senate to water it down during the merging process for the final healthcare bill to be passed by both houses.

Press reports say the whip count for House members who support the strongest most robust version are short by only 12 House Democrats and your representative may be one of them.

Rep. Dina Titus needs to hear from you RIGHT NOW. We may only have hours before House leadership makes their decision.

Representative Dina Titus (NV-03)
Washington DC:  202-225-3252
Local Office:  702-387-4941

Suggested Script:
"Please tell Representative Titus I support passing the strongest most robust public option and I'm depending on her to come through for Nevada when it's time to vote."

This is crunch time. Your call today will have a huge impact. Please make your call right now.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America

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