Rahm didn't count on you

Help us reach 25,000 petition signatures: House progressives need to keep the pledge for a strong public option. When Congress returns to work on health care next month, Jane Hamsher and nyceve will be there to deliver the petition. Click here to add your name to our petition. After two months of your hard work, 65 members House drew a line in the sand: no public option, no health care reform.  You responded by raising more than $175,000 for those members in less than 48 hours.  It's a great start, but it's just the beginning.  We need to make sure these 65 members hold firm.  We've shown them we have their backs.  Now they need to get ours. I'm starting a petition to the House to keep their pledge to support only a public option in both the House bill AND the conference bill.  I'm going to be in DC next month.  If we can reach 25,000 signatures, Jane Hamsher and I will be there to hand-deliver the petition to the House when they return to take up health care. Click here to add your name to our petition to members of Congress who pledged to support only a strong public option. Members of the House who took this pledge will be under insane pressure from Rahm Emanuel and the rest of the Obama Administration to cave for an insurance industry bailout.  Rahm's plan all along has been to trade away the public option.  But Rahm didn't count on you.  Now that we've shown progressives in the House it's possible to stick together, it will be our job to make sure these members hold the line on a strong public option. Let's be clear: these members need to hold the line on two votes.  Once when the House passes its own bill, and again on the conference bill that's combined with the Senate's version.  Anything less is a vote for an insurance industry bailout. Help us reach 25,000 signatures on our petition to House progressives. You can make sure that progressives keep the pledge to only vote for a strong public option. Click here to add your name to our petition: http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/keepthepledge Thanks so much for your help.  I hope we can get to 25,000 signatures so I can deliver the petition with Jane next month. Best, Eve Gittelson (nyceve) Listen to my news Podcast http://RonMills.us/news Visit My Social Media Blog http://ronmills.us/ Visit me on twitter http://Twitter.com/RainbowUSA Visit Me On Face Book  http://RonMills.us/facebook My Biz on Twitter http://Twitter.com/theRbuzz