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Public Option Through Reconciliation — Has your senator taken a stand?

Some bold senators started a letter calling on Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass the public health insurance option through "reconciliation," which only needs a simple majority in the Senate. Other senators have released statements, saying they will vote "yes" on the public option in reconciliation. And our new state-by-state polls show that's exactly what voters want.

If your Democratic senator hasn't yet committed to voting "yes" for the public option in reconciliation, can you type your name below and call them today? (We give you a script.)

(Congressional staffers, click here.)

40 senators have spoken out so far — including Harry Reid

Name		Status
Sen. Daniel Akaka	HI	Statement
Sen. Max Baucus	MT	Unknown
Sen. Evan Bayh	IN	Unknown
Sen. Mark Begich	AK	Unknown
Sen. Michael Bennet	CO	Letter
Sen. Jeff Bingaman	NM	Statement
Sen. Barbara Boxer	CA	Letter
Sen. Sherrod Brown	OH	Letter
Sen. Roland Burris	IL	Letter
Sen. Robert Byrd	WV	Unknown
Sen. Maria Cantwell	WA	Statement
Sen. Benjamin Cardin	MD	Statement
Sen. Thomas Carper	DE	Unknown
Sen. Robert Casey	PA	Statement
Sen. Kent Conrad	ND	Unknown
Sen. Christopher Dodd	CT	Statement
Sen. Byron Dorgan	ND	Statement
Sen. Richard Durbin	IL	Statement
Sen. Russell Feingold	WI	Statement
Sen. Dianne Feinstein	CA	Letter
Sen. Al Franken	MN	Letter
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand	NY	Letter
Sen. Kay Hagan	NC	Unknown
Sen. Tom Harkin	IA	Unknown
Sen. Daniel Inouye	HI	Letter
Sen. Tim Johnson	SD	Letter
Sen. Ted Kaufman	DE	Statement
Sen. John Kerry	MA	Letter
Sen. Amy Klobuchar	MN	Statement
Sen. Herb Kohl	WI	Unknown
Sen. Mary Landrieu	LA	Unknown
Sen. Frank Lautenberg	NJ	Letter
Sen. Patrick Leahy	VT	Letter
Sen. Carl Levin	MI	Letter
Sen. Blanche Lincoln	AR	Unknown
Sen. Claire McCaskill	MO	Unknown
Sen. Robert Menendez	NJ	Letter
Sen. Jeff Merkley	OR	Letter
Sen. Barbara Mikulski	MD	Letter
Sen. Patty Murray	WA	Statement
Sen. Bill Nelson	FL	Unknown
Sen. Ben Nelson	NE	Unknown
Sen. Mark Pryor	AR	Unknown
Sen. Jack Reed	RI	Letter
Sen. Harry Reid	NV	Statement
Sen. John Rockefeller	WV	Unknown
Sen. Bernie Sanders	VT	Letter
Sen. Charles Schumer	NY	Letter
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen	NH	Letter
Sen. Arlen Specter	PA	Letter
Sen. Debbie Stabenow	MI	Letter
Sen. Jon Tester	MT	Statement
Sen. Mark Udall	CO	Statement
Sen. Tom Udall	NM	Letter
Sen. Mark Warner	VA	Unknown
Sen. Jim Webb	VA	Unknown
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	RI	Letter
Sen. Ron Wyden	OR	Statement

Candidates: Elaine Marshall (NC), Bill Halter (AR)

Statements are only counted if they make clear that the senator will vote yes if the House version of the public option (or stronger) is brought up for a vote in reconciliation.

120 House members signed.

Click here to view the House members.

For Congressional staff...

Has your boss taken a position on passing the public option through reconciliation? Please let us know. Email your statement to staff@whipcongress.com.

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