A note from President O about the health care vote in the House. He has good news! I love getting these personal notes from the president.
evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass
their health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over
nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed
comprehensive health reform. This is history.
But you and millions of your fellow Organizing for America supporters
didn't just witness history tonight — you helped make it. Each "yes"
vote was a brave stand, backed up by countless hours of knocking on
doors, outreach in town halls and town squares, millions of signatures,
and hundreds of thousands of calls. You stood up. You spoke up. And you
were heard.
So this is a night to celebrate — but not to rest. Those who voted for
reform deserve our thanks, and the next phase of this fight has already
begun.
The final Senate bill hasn't even been released yet, but the insurance
companies are already pressing hard for a filibuster to bury it. OFA
has built a massive neighborhood-by-neighborhood operation to bring
people's voices to Congress, and tonight we saw the results. But the
coming days will put our efforts to the ultimate test. Winning will
require each of us to give everything we can, starting right now.
Senator Lieberman is all over TV saying the bill will pass the Senate over his dead body.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
How can this be fully celebrated as a good thing when a woman’s right to choose was eliminated in this bill?