Tonight the Senate will vote for cloture (which opens the debate for Senator Reid's Health Care Reform). This is the first step in getting the bill passed. But if the Senate fails to reach 60 votes, this bloated, closed-door, pocket padding legislation will fail. Today is the day to send a message to Senators to vote "No for cloture".
A twitter campaign is underway to send messages to individual Senators, to include key Senators who are straddling the fence. Please contact your senators by fax, e-mail, or twitter today.
When using twitter, hashtag your tweets with #tweetcongress and #HarryCare
Senate twitter addresses include:
Democrats: Blanche Lincoln, Arlen Specter, Barbara Boxer, and Harry Reid are all vulnerable in 2010 elections.
@blanche4senate
@markudall
@senarlenspecter
@barbara_boxer
@kayhagan
@senatorreid
@senchrisdodd
@dickdurbin
@evanbayh
@russfeingold
@johnkerry
@senjeffmerkley
@senatormenendez
@clairecmc
@senbillnelson
@senbennelson
@tomudall
@markwarner
If you know a twitter address for Mary Landrieu (D-LA) please leave it in comments.
Republicans: Senator Collins tends to vote liberal.
@senatorcollins
@sensambrownback
@tomcoburn
@senbobcorker
@johncornyn
@jimdemint
@chuckgrassley
@orrinhatch
@jiminhofe
@senatorlugar
@senjohnmccain
@melmartinez
@lisamurkowski
@richardshelby
@johnthune
@davidvitter
Examples of tweets: Many of these were provided by Patriotic Resistance.
@senatorcollins any vote to move #HarryCare forward is a vote against your re-election. #tweetcongress
A Bill CBO says Won’t Lower Health Care Costs? http://bit.ly/NROHlth TIME TO START OVER – VOTE NO! @barbara_boxer #tweetcongress
A Bill that ENSHRINES ABORTION? http://bit.ly/NOAbort TIME TO START OVER – VOTE
NO!
@johnkerry #tweetcongress
We May Not Be Able to Keep Our Current Insurance? http://bit.ly/NROHlth TIME TO START OVER – VOTE NO! @russfeingold #tweetcongress
Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in NEW Taxes? TIME TO START OVER – VOTE NO! @barbara_boxer #tweetcongress
A Bill that Kills Small Business with New Taxes? http://bit.ly/NROHlth TIME TO START OVER – VOTE NO! @markudall #tweetcongress
Ten Years of Taxes for 5 Years of Coverage? http://bit.ly/NROHlth TIME TO START OVER – VOTE NO! @senbennelson #tweetcongress
