Obamacare is alive and Trumpcare is dead. Let's thank some people.
The war's not over, of course. Some Republicans are responding to conservative pressure by pretending to return to healthcare. But we're in good shape for three reasons: (1) there's no sign that this is actually serious -- no one has changed their position and there's no bill under consideration, (2) everything I said yesterday is still true about the obstacles they'd face if they tried again, and (3) there's a ton of things that they need to urgently address right now, like the SCOTUS nomination and a looming budget deadline.
We won a major battle, publicly and gloriously, and we should thank (or scold) our representatives. They deserve it, and it will harden their resolve for the next fight.
If you live in the Berkshires, it's pretty easy to figure out whether your representatives deserve your thanks or your scorn.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
THANK Senator Edward J. Markey: 413-785-4610
THANK Senator Elizabeth Warren: 202-224-4543
THANK Representative Richard Neal: 202-225-5601
BENNINGTON COUNTY
THANK Senator Bernard Sanders: 802-862-0697
THANK Senator Pat Leahy: 202-224-4242
THANK Representative Peter Welch: 202-225-4115
RENSSELAER COUNTY:
THANK Senator Charles E. Schumer: 518-431-4070
THANK Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: 202-224-4451
SCOLD Representative John Faso: 202-225-5614 (author of the Buffalo Bribe, no less!)
If you live elsewhere, it's almost as easy. First, find your representatives. If you're represented by a Democrat, thank them: Democrats were united from top to bottom against the AHCA. If you're represented by a Republican, scold them unless they're one of these thirty-three representatives:
AL-5 Mo Brooks
AR-1 Rick Crawford
AZ-4 Paul Gosar
AZ-5 Andy Biggs
FL-3 Ted Yoho
FL-8 Bill Posey
FL-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
IA-1 Rod Blum
IA-3 David Young
ID-1 Raúl R. Labrador
KY-4 Thomas Massie
MI-3 Justin Amash
NC-3 Walter B. Jones
NC-11 Mark Meadows
NC-13 Ted Budd
NJ-2 Frank A. LoBiondo
NJ-4 Christopher H. Smith
NJ-7 Leonard Lance
NJ-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen
NV-2 Mark Amodei
NY-11 Dan Donovan
NY-24 John Katko
OH-4 Jim Jordan
OH-14 David Joyce
PA-8 Brian Fitzpatrick
PA-15 Charlie Dent
TX-1 Louie Gohmert
TX-14 Randy Weber
VA-1 Rob Wittman
VA-5 Tom Garrett
VA-7 Dave Brat
VA-10 Barbara Comstock
WA-3 Jaime Herrera Beutler
The war's not over, of course. Some Republicans are responding to conservative pressure by pretending to return to healthcare. But we're in good shape for three reasons: (1) there's no sign that this is actually serious -- no one has changed their position and there's no bill under consideration, (2) everything I said yesterday is still true about the obstacles they'd face if they tried again, and (3) there's a ton of things that they need to urgently address right now, like the SCOTUS nomination and a looming budget deadline.
We won a major battle, publicly and gloriously, and we should thank (or scold) our representatives. They deserve it, and it will harden their resolve for the next fight.
If you live in the Berkshires, it's pretty easy to figure out whether your representatives deserve your thanks or your scorn.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
THANK Senator Edward J. Markey: 413-785-4610
THANK Senator Elizabeth Warren: 202-224-4543
THANK Representative Richard Neal: 202-225-5601
BENNINGTON COUNTY
THANK Senator Bernard Sanders: 802-862-0697
THANK Senator Pat Leahy: 202-224-4242
THANK Representative Peter Welch: 202-225-4115
RENSSELAER COUNTY:
THANK Senator Charles E. Schumer: 518-431-4070
THANK Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: 202-224-4451
SCOLD Representative John Faso: 202-225-5614 (author of the Buffalo Bribe, no less!)
If you live elsewhere, it's almost as easy. First, find your representatives. If you're represented by a Democrat, thank them: Democrats were united from top to bottom against the AHCA. If you're represented by a Republican, scold them unless they're one of these thirty-three representatives:
AL-5 Mo Brooks
AR-1 Rick Crawford
AZ-4 Paul Gosar
AZ-5 Andy Biggs
FL-3 Ted Yoho
FL-8 Bill Posey
FL-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
IA-1 Rod Blum
IA-3 David Young
ID-1 Raúl R. Labrador
KY-4 Thomas Massie
MI-3 Justin Amash
NC-3 Walter B. Jones
NC-11 Mark Meadows
NC-13 Ted Budd
NJ-2 Frank A. LoBiondo
NJ-4 Christopher H. Smith
NJ-7 Leonard Lance
NJ-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen
NV-2 Mark Amodei
NY-11 Dan Donovan
NY-24 John Katko
OH-4 Jim Jordan
OH-14 David Joyce
PA-8 Brian Fitzpatrick
PA-15 Charlie Dent
TX-1 Louie Gohmert
TX-14 Randy Weber
VA-1 Rob Wittman
VA-5 Tom Garrett
VA-7 Dave Brat
VA-10 Barbara Comstock
WA-3 Jaime Herrera Beutler
No comments:
Post a Comment