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Are they serious? (4.00 / 7)

I know Rep. Grijalva -- he's from my state, and he's very serious -- but I don't really know what to expect from the others. I'm hopeful, but as always, I'm worried that they'll trade this away at some point. Back in Frances Perkins' day, the AMA stopped it. The insurance companies are a far more powerful lobby than the AMA ever was, perhaps more powerful now than they were in 1993.

The Caucus -- to its everlasting credit -- has now painted targets on its members' backs. You're right Chris, we have to stand behind them; I just hope that when it comes down to the wire, they'll continue to stand with us.

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by: William Timberman @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 17:35:45 PM CDT

Time to write some thank you notes! (4.00 / 6)

"In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State" -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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by: Emocrat @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 17:38:26 PM CDT

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Where's The list? (0.00 / 0)

Who belongs to the caucus?  Besides kudos for this new display of backbone, we might encourage our non-member Representatives to join, especially if, such as mine, they are from safe Democratic districts.

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by: ArthurKC @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 18:35:25 PM CDT

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There's a list on Wikipedia (4.00 / 1)

here

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by: FairEconomist @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 18:48:40 PM CDT

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Thanks.... (4.00 / 1)

mine is a member.  There seems to be a decent overlap with the Black Caucus.

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by: ArthurKC @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 19:05:14 PM CDT

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Here's the email address and URL for the caucus (0.00 / 0)

info@congressionalprogressivecaucus.org

http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/

They have a web form to comment on, but it just eated my message, so I don't recommend that.

"In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State" -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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by: Emocrat @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 19:54:56 PM CDT

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Email bounced too (0.00 / 0)

I just sent a note to the email address and it bounced: "64.202.166.12 does not like recipient." So I guess we have to send a note to our individual Reps.

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by: RandomNonviolence @ Fri Apr 03, 2009 at 02:43:31 AM CDT

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