OK, I’m a little confused here. I had thought John Spratt was pretty much for the health care reform bill.
But National Review Online seems to think there’s a chance of changing his mind, because they put his name on this list:
If you want to make your voice heard on the health-care bill before the House votes on Sunday, you’d better do so quickly. To make things easier for you, here, organized in alphabetical order by state, are the 40 key Democratic members of Congress whom Jeff Anderson and Andy Wickersham identified in a Critical Condition post last week, together with their direct Capitol Hill office phone numbers. (I haven’t kept track of all the developments since then, but it would be useful to congratulate or berate your member, as you see fit, if he or she has firmly adopted a position.)
The “(S)” means that the member voted for the Stupak amendment last fall.
The full House phone directory is here.
“Yes” on Obamacare Last Time but Might Want to Switch:
Gabrielle Giffords, (D., Ariz.)—202-225-2542
Ann Kirkpatrick, (D., Ariz.)—202-225-2315
Harry Mitchell, (D., Ariz.)—202-225-2190
Vic Snyder, (D., Ariz.) (S)—202-225-2506
Marion Berry, (D., Ark.) (S)—202-225-4076
John Salazar, (D., Colo.) (S)—202-225-4761
Melissa Bean, (D., Ill.) —202-225-3711
Bill Foster, (D., Ill.) —202-225-2976
Joe Donnelly, (D., Ind.) (S) —202-225-3915
Brad Ellsworth, (D., Ind.) (S) —202-225-4636
Baron Hill, (D., Ind.) (S) —202-225-5315
Bart Stupak, (D., Mich.) (S) —202-225-4735
Michael Arcuri, (D., N.Y.) —202-225-3665
Tim Bishop, (D., N.Y.) —202-225-3826
Bob Etheridge, (D., N.C.) (S) —202-225-4531
Earl Pomeroy, (D., N.D.) (S) —202-225-2611
Steve Driehaus, (D., Ohio) (S) —202-225-2216
Zach Space, (D., Ohio) (S) —202-225-6265
Charlie Wilson, (D., Ohio) (S) —202-225-5705
Chris Carney, (D., Pa.) (S) —202-225-3731
Kathleen Dahlkemper, (D., Pa.) (S) —202-225-5406
John Spratt, (D., S.C.) (S) —202-225-5501
Ciro Rodriguez, (D., Texas) (S) —202-225-4511
Solomon Ortiz, (D., Texas) (S) —202-225-7742
Tom Perriello, (D., Va.) (S) —202-225-4711
Alan Mollohan, (D., W.Va.) (S) —202-225-4172
Nick Rahall, (D., W.Va.) (S) —202-225-3452
“No” on Obamacare Last Time But Might Need Encouragement:
Mike Ross, (D., Ark.) (S) —202-225-3772
Betsy Markey, (D., Colo.) —202-225-4676
Allen Boyd, (D., Fla.) —202-225-5235
Suzanne Kosmas, (D., Fla.) —202-225-2706
John Barrow, (D., Ga.) (S) —202-225-2823
John Adler, (D., N.J.) —202-225-4765
Michael McMahon, (D., N.Y.) —202-225-3371
Scott Murphy, (D., N.Y.) —202-225-5614
Larry Kissell, (D., N.C.) —202-225-3715
John Boccieri, (D., Ohio) (S) —202-225-3876
John Tanner, (D., Tenn.) (S) —202-225-4714
Glenn Nye, (D., Va.) —202-225-4215
Brian Baird, (D., Wash.) —202-225-3536
Anyway, I was just thinking. If people who read National Review are calling these people, maybe some people who actually want health care reform should call, too…
Thanks for the list and phone numbers. Know what I will be doing tomorrow.
Spratt’s line is busy. I will keep trying. I’m for the bill. What is the matter with these people from SC who need health care (I have good health care insurance) who are against this? I cannot follow their logic. Do they truly believe the right-wing propaganda? Most of these people seem to have good judgment otherwise. What causes them to vote against their own self interests?
Spratt’s mailbox is full. (I could not leave a message.) Is there an email address?
You’re probably better able to find it right now. I’m at a McDonald’s in Birmingham, Ala., looking at this on my Blackberry.
Near as I can tell from here, you can e-mail him using the form at this address, but only if your zip code is in his district: https://sprattforms.house.gov/spratt/forms/contact-form.shtml
That’s all I can see from here on this little screen…
@ Elliott–It first struck me during the Reagan regime–how many people of low-to-moderate means favored the policies that favored the wealthy.
I think maybe people have lost sight of the concept that sometimes freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. They have nothing, but goldarnit, they’re free.
I just watch the second episode from the second season of This American Life on Netflix. An Iraqi sets up a booth “Ask an Iraqi” in Savannah and elsewhere in the South and has many interesting conversations. During one, he is talking to an older white man who informs him that the Iraqia are happier now because “they are free.” The Iraqi, who has had relatives killed by Saddam, but who also has seen the war scatter his family, suggests that nightly curfews and being afraid to leave your house is not his idea of being free. The white guy jus repeats his assertion that the Iraqis are better off now because they are “free.”
Here are numbers for…
his Washington office:
Phone: (202) 225-5501
Fax: (202) 225-0464
his Rock Hill office:
Phone: (803)327-1114
Fax: (803) 327-4330
his Sumter office:
Phone: (803) 773-3362
Fax: (803) 773-7662
his Darlington office:
Phone: (843) 393-3998
Fax: (843) 393-8060
Hope that helps.
I went out to my car and got my laptop to do that. Boy, it takes a long time to connect to the free wi-fi in a McDonald’s.
Ah, well. Time to head on down the road …
Thanks. I’ll try the email address. I am in his district. I’ll also try the phones.
Sad day. What’s sad is that much needed true reform is nowhere to be found in this bill. Just a political agenda with little thought to the actual merits, just “getting something passed”.
I agree with Kristoff’s editorital that it is all about access. Problem is, this bill won’t really help. Through one law or another, hospitals are already required to see all patients. They can’t turn them away due to ability to pay. So, those horror stories don’t apply there. Only providers that can turn away patients for any reason are . . . guess . . . no wait for it . . . that’s right, doctors. Medicaid, no dice. Low paying insurance, no thanks. Slow pay insurance, maybe next year.
So, query, how can a bill that completely ignores the fact that physician’s can and will continue to deny treatment to patients with no or poor coverage increase access to care?
Interesting. I guess we will soon find out.