Yesterday the White House announced that President Obama would address a joint session of Congress on September 9. In the address, President Obama will outline the specifics of what he expects for a health care reform bill. This is a very important address – it will determine the parameters of the final bill in Congress.
Democrats have been begging for leadership and guidance from the administration and now they will have it. Obama has a history of giving extremely great speeches at the perfect time and that time is now. We still have an opportunity to affect the outline of the final bill. It was suggested at the PDD meeting last night that calling the White House and Vice President Joe Biden’s office is important in influencing the proposed legislation. Please call the White House and tell them that you want a strong public option in the final health care reform bill.
White House comment line: 202-456-1111
White House switchboard: 202-456-1414
Keep calling Senator Kaufman, Senator Carper and Representative Castle as well.