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Senator Rockefeller, constituents on line two…

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) threw a wrench into Democratic efforts to get a public option passed through reconciliation, saying that he thought the maneuver was overly partisan and that he was inclined to oppose it. . .

“I don’t think the timing of it is very good,” the West Virginia Democrat said on Monday. “I’m probably not going to vote for that” . . . In making his sentiment known, Rockefeller becomes perhaps the most unexpected skeptic of the public-option-via-reconciliation route. The Senator was a huge booster of a government run insurance option during the legislation drafting process this past year.

Is your Democratic Senator solid on reconciliation? Maybe you should phone and find out.

Switchboard: (202) 224-3121.

Guide for first-timers here.

***Update***

Check to see whether your Senator is on mcc’s whip count list. We urgently need statements from (and pressure on) Webb, Warner, Baucus, Bingaman, Casey, McCaskill, Mikulski, Hagan and both Udalls. If you live in any of those states (VA, PA, MT, NM, MO, NC, and CO) please pick up the phone and call.

Practically Begging You To Call HimPost + Comments (114)

Now Pelosi is nervous about HCR in the House. Phone your Representatives as well.

Oy VeyPost + Comments (29)

Things look better for HCR than they have in a long time. Nancy Pelosi has the votes to pass a Senate-fix’d bill, or at least she says she does. Harry Reid clearly plans to run something through reconciliation in the next 60 days. Even the public option has a pulse!

This is the home stretch for HCR. Everything will depend on whether Harry Reid can round up 50 votes for reconciliation. If he had it already someone would have leaked the fact, but he wouldn’t get this feisty if he wasn’t close. Please phone your Democratic Senators today to find out where they stand on reconciliation. Our goal is to complete the whip count put together my mcc, so if you hear back from any Democratic Senator please note it in the comments. You might as well plug the public option as long as you have them on the phone.

Switchboard: (202) 224-3121.

Guide for first-timers here.

Your Senators Wonder Why You Never CallPost + Comments (64)