Time to Apply Pressure on Senators Webb and Warner
Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will be voting on Senator Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) health care bill. It appears that both of Virginia’s Senators are on the fence voting on this legislation. Perhaps, Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner should be on the fence considering that this bill will impose $36 Billion in new taxes and fines on individuals and businesses who choose not to opt in on coverage.
So, what can you do to prevent the passage of this bill? You can contact their offices and urge them to vote AGAINST cloture on the bill tomorrow.
To contact Senator Warner:
Washington, D.C. office
459A Russell Senate Office Building
Phone: 202-224-2023
Fax: 202-224-6295
Abingdon
180 W Main St.
Phone: 276-628-8158
Norfolk
101 W Main St., Ste. 4900
Phone: 757-441-3079
Richmond
919 E Main St., Ste. 630
Phone: 804-775-2314
Vienna
8000 Towers Crescent Dr., Ste. 200
Phone: 703-442-0670
Senator Webb’s Office
Washington, D.C.
248 Russell Senate Office Building
Phone: 202-224-4024
Fax: 202-228-6363
Danville
308 Craghead St., Ste. 102A
Phone: 434-792-0976
Hampton Roads
222 Central Park Ave., Ste. 120
Virginia Beach
Phone: 757-518-1674
Falls Church
7309 Arlington Blvd., Ste. 316
Loehmann’s Plaza
Phone: 703-573-7090
Norton
756 Park Ave., NW
Phone: 276-679-4925
Richmond
507 E Franklin St.
Phone: 804-771-2221
Roanoke
3140 Chaparral Dr., Building C, Ste. 101
Phone: 540-772-4236
A phone call only takes about 5 minutes, but enough phone calls can make a difference and help convince Senators Webb and Warner that this is not the type of health care reform Virginians want.
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I have already contacted both Senators Webb and Warner and urged them to back the legislation 100 percent. Delighted to see that they both intend to vote for cloture. Hoping fervently to see a public option and regret only that the Administration never even attempted to explore a single-payer plan. But something is better than nothing. Oh, and by the way, neither one of them is on the fence about wanting health care reform and during the election Senator Webb often stated that he thought Americans should all be able to have insurance coverage as good as what he gets as a wounded veteran.
As for the $36 billion price tag, why aren’t you worried about the extraordinary cost of uninsurance and underinsurance to our entire economy instead? What are people who have no coverage or inadequate coverage supposed to do, anyway, rely on the munificence of the wealthy to grant the occasional spot of charity?
Corporate bailouts and now this. Just how many of the 47M Americans and illegal aliens who choose not to have health insurance use their money on expensive cell phone plans, cable television, new cars, and other luxuries rather than pay for health insurance? This is a political issue only. Virginia senators webb and warner are irresponsible representatives of the people. Vote them out.
Anyone else think that allowing 41 members to hijack the Senate because cloture is not achieved is not fair? Democrats or Republicans, there needs to be some common ground on the idiocracy of de-facto turning “50% + 1″ rule into “60% + 1″ rule when your opponents scare you.