Action: thank Rep. Delahunt for standing for the public option

The political action blog FireDogLake has been at the forefront of grassroots organizing for health care reform. In particular, they have been strongly supporting the public option component of reform. Their efforts have included organizing calls, emails and letters to progressive Democratic representatives asking each member to publicly state that he or she will not vote for a reform bill that does not include a robust public option.

Thanks to the efforts of FireDogLake and many other organizations and individuals, 65 members of the House are on record as being unwilling to vote for a reform bill that does not include the public option. If, as expected, no Republican is going to vote for reform, our progressive House members with the support of the grassroots have drawn a line in the sand for authentic health care reform.

FireDogLake is now asking us to thank our members. Our representative Bill Delahunt is among those who have pledged support for the public option. Please take a few minutes to phone one of his offices and express you support for his committment to the public option and health care reform generally. Here is his contact information:

Washington, DC
Phone: 202-225-3111
Fax: 202-225-5658

Cape and Islands Office
146 Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-771-0666
Fax: 508-790-1959

If you happen to be in Hyannis consider stopping into the office to thank his staff and send you thanks to Rep. Delahunt.