Right now, besides the Republicans, the only thing standing between you and the federal government deciding on whether or not you get health care, and if you get some, just what kind of care that will be, are the “blue dog Democrats” in the House. Their holding out firmly against their party-brethren’s dreams of taxpayer-funded abortions and other such monstrosities is causing Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman to have a hissy fit.
Breitbart.com is reporting that Waxman:
…told The Associated Press negotiations with fiscally conservative Democrats on his panel cannot go on “interminably” because they would “empower” Republicans and allow the minority party to take control of the panel.
(And) if he can’t reach agreement with the conservatives, the health care bill would go straight to the floor, and not through his committee.
The radical move would mean Waxman would finish writing the bill in private and merge it with the two bills that have already passed out of the committee in the chamber before bringing it to the floor. And today, Pelosi met with the liberal (read: entitlement-mentality) Congressional Black Caucus, which implored the speaker not to cave in to the Blue Dog demands.
Besides contacting your own House and Senate representatives, now is the time to take a few minutes to contact the Blue Dogs and encourage them to “KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY HEALTH CARE!”
Contact the Blue Dogs: Kristen Hawn, Communications Director ( BlueDog@mail.house.gov )
Blue Dog Leadership Team
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA-03), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11), Blue Dog Whip
Blue Dog Members
Altmire, Jason (PA-04)
Arcuri, Mike (NY-24)
Baca, Joe (CA-43)
Barrow, John (GA-12)
Berry, Marion (AR-01)
Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
Boren, Dan (OK-02)
Boswell, Leonard (IA-03)
Boyd, Allen (FL-02)
Bright, Bobby (AL-02)
Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18)
Carney, Christopher (PA-10)
Chandler, Ben (KY-06)
Childers, Travis (MS-01)
Cooper, Jim (TN-05)
Costa, Jim (CA-20)
Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)
Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)
Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)
Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)
Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)
Gordon, Bart (TN-06)
Griffith, Parker (AL-05)
Harman, Jane (CA-36)
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD)
Hill, Baron (IN-09)
Holden, Tim (PA-17)
Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)
McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)
Marshall, Jim (GA-03)
Matheson, Jim (UT-02)
Melancon, Charlie (LA-03)
Michaud, Mike (ME-02)
Minnick, Walt (ID-01)
Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05)
Moore, Dennis (KS-03)
Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)
Nye, Glenn (VA-02)
Peterson, Collin (MN-07)
Pomeroy, Earl (ND)
Ross, Mike (AR-04)
Salazar, John (CO-03)
Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)
Schiff, Adam (CA-29)
Scott, David (GA-13)
Shuler, Heath (NC-11)
Space, Zack (OH-18)
Tanner, John (TN-08)
Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
Thompson, Mike (CA-01)
Wilson, Charles (OH-06)