And the power of MomsRising members continues to astound!
Posted July 31st, 2009 by Donna NortonExhibit A: MomsRising member, Donna, from Wyoming somehow wrangled a State Director of Senator Enzi’s office to travel a hundred miles to see her and other MomsRising members about healthcare. Here’s what she had to say about their meeting this week:
“I would encourage especially those moms who want to organize a meeting and don’t live near their Senator’s office, to go ahead and consider asking the Senate Staff (or Senator) to travel to THEM. Perhaps because we live in the West, our Senator’s staff was happy to travel to this meeting. We were able to find a room at the local community college which was open and free for our use. This allowed more of us to attend the meeting, since we didn’t have to travel 100 miles to the nearest Enzi office.
I would encourage other moms to consider hosting an event like this, especially those who live in “purple” states and states with conservative Democrats or Republicans. It was a simple meeting to set up, required very little time (although plenty of worry for this introverted mom, all of which ended up being ‘no big deal’). We all left our meeting feeling hopeful that our Republican Senator will consider our input, and work on this in a nonpartisan manner.
I, in particular, left the meeting absolutely energized! The meeting was so simple to plan, it went very smoothly, everyone was friendly, civil, and yet clear in their concerns, and our Senator’s staff member was receptive and interested.”
Sorry, there’s no other way to say this – Wyoming Rocks! Senator Enzi is one of the key Senators working on the healthcare bill in the Senate Finance Committee. If one self-described, “introverted mom” can pull this off, imagine what we can achieve now that we number over a million MomsRising members!
Many more MomsRising meetings with the Senate to come next week – Delaware, Tennessee, Illinois, Virginia, and Texas! Keep up the great work! We’re rising!
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Thanks for sharing this story. As an advocate, I am always inspired to hear about the great work going on the ground.
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August 2, 2009 at 1:47 pm by SueSeveral weeks ago, citizens went to the state offices of Senators Bayh and Lugar in Indianapolis to talk about healthcare. They were meet with over 200 people who were there to encourage the Senators to vote against the current healthcare reform measures. Nearly half of the people there were senior citizens. The current healthcare bills being crafted in the House and Senate do not appear to be popular with the country. And now the Speaker of the House is claiming that the managed care companies are the real villains for our healthcare problems. If that is so, then why have the managed care companies come out in favor of the President’s plan? Even the pharmaceutical companies are in favor of healthcare reform. I am not sure who to trust anymore and after having seen the John Stossel piece on 20/20 last Friday, I know for sure I do not want to follow in the footsteps of the British or the Canadian systems. Our Congressmen and women are the cause of this uncertainty and cynicism about the plans. If they were of outstanding moral character, then maybe we could believe them. But when the Speaker villainizes the same companies that have paid her more than $200K in campaign contributions and are supportive of the healthcare reform measures of the President, it creates questions in me about who is getting shafted and who is getting paid off; and that really stinks.
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August 2, 2009 at 9:15 am by zyzlhttp://spjcb.5d6d.com/bbs.php
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