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You are here: Home / Anderson On Health Insurance / You used to call me on your cell phone

You used to call me on your cell phone

by David Anderson|  September 22, 20177:21 am| 11 Comments

This post is in: Anderson On Health Insurance, Don't Mourn, Organize

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All numbers begin 202-224:
Graham 5971
Cassidy 5824
Capito 6472
Murkowski 6665
Collins 2523
Gardner 5941
Flake 4521
McCain 2235
Portman 3353

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 20, 2017

Now just call

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    September 22, 2017 at 7:32 am

    Late night when you need my love
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    Ew.

  2. 2.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    September 22, 2017 at 7:50 am

    Shirley C‏ @ghhshirley

    McCain & Murkowski are taking all calls from anywhere. Spoke with both their staff.

    35 replies 484 retweets 1,493 likes

    I’ve been calling McCain, Collins, and Murkowski every day.

    Their offices have been receptive, even though I’m not from their states.

  3. 3.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    September 22, 2017 at 7:51 am

    Clifford Clark‏ @IShallResist 16h16 hours ago

    Murkowski appears to be a no. But folks should be calling her and McCain non stop

    1 reply 9 retweets 14 likes

  4. 4.

    Ohio Mom

    September 22, 2017 at 8:13 am

    Good luck with reaching Portman. It’s not impossible but it takes persistence. Fortunately, as one of his constituents, I have plenty of time today, and lots of anxiety and anger to fuel me.

    I know things are getting serious because the Autism Society sent out an email early this morning telling us to call our Senators. That’s in the knock-me-over-with-a-feather category. They hardly ever wade into anything remotely political, even though they are ostensibly an advocacy organization. Don’t want to risk upsetting any donors who are Republicans. Don’t care if they routinely upset the likes of me with their usual silence.

  5. 5.

    Ohio Mom

    September 22, 2017 at 9:02 am

    I’m back. The surprise today is that Portman’s DC office has a working voicemail box. That’s rare.

    I was able to leave messages for everyone on the list on my first try except for Graham and Cassidy, who were busy signals. I’ll keep trying.

  6. 6.

    Mr Wu's Pigs

    September 22, 2017 at 9:08 am

    Thank you so much for posting that senators are accepting calls from others than their constituents.
    I’ll melt their d@mn phones today!

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    September 22, 2017 at 9:43 am

    Thanks for this. I called:
    Graham
    Cassidy
    Murkowski
    McCain

    Are you thinking we should be calling each and every person on this list, regardless of where we live?

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    September 22, 2017 at 9:53 am

    CALL CALL CALL!!!

  9. 9.

    rikyrah

    September 22, 2017 at 9:55 am

    @Ohio Mom:

    I know things are getting serious because the Autism Society sent out an email early this morning telling us to call our Senators. That’s in the knock-me-over-with-a-feather category.

    You said that you were waiting for them to get a clue. You had expressed your frustrations about them.
    If they have caught on..

    SHYT.HAS.GOTTEN.REAL.

  10. 10.

    Knight of Nothing

    September 22, 2017 at 10:48 am

    @WaterGirl: +1 — my question too!

    I’ve read that it’s counter-productive to call senators and congressmen that don’t represent you, but there seems to be differing schools of thought about this.

  11. 11.

    Quantumman

    September 22, 2017 at 10:54 am

    We are calling now.

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