A public option would force private insurance companies to compete and lower costs for everyone. A Medicare buy-in would allow all Americans access to the Medicare provider network, instead of just reserving it for people 65 and over. Some bold members of Congress have taken a stand in support -- is yours one?
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| Name | House PO | Medicare Buy-in | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rep. Gary Ackerman | NY-05 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. John Adler | NJ-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jason Altmire | PA-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Robert Andrews | NJ-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Michael Arcuri | NY-24 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Joe Baca | CA-43 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Brian Baird | WA-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Tammy Baldwin | WI-02 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Barrow | GA-12 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Melissa Bean | IL-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Xavier Becerra | CA-31 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Shelley Berkley | NV-01 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Howard Berman | CA-28 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Marion Berry | AR-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Tim Bishop | NY-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Sanford Bishop | GA-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Earl Blumenauer | OR-03 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. John Boccieri | OH-16 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Dan Boren | OK-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Leonard Boswell | IA-03 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Rick Boucher | VA-09 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Allen Boyd | FL-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Robert Brady | PA-01 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Bruce Braley | IA-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Bobby Bright | AL-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Corrine Brown | FL-03 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. G. Butterfield | NC-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Lois Capps | CA-23 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Michael Capuano | MA-08 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Dennis Cardoza | CA-18 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Russ Carnahan | MO-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Christopher Carney | PA-10 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Andre Carson | IN-07 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Kathy Castor | FL-11 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Ben Chandler | KY-06 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Travis Childers | MS-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Judy Chu | CA-32 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Yvette Clarke | NY-11 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. William Clay | MO-01 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Emanuel Cleaver | MO-05 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. James Clyburn | SC-06 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Steve Cohen | TN-09 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Gerald Connolly | VA-11 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. John Conyers | MI-14 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Jim Cooper | TN-05 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jim Costa | CA-20 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jerry Costello | IL-12 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Joe Courtney | CT-02 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Mark Critz | PA-12 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Joseph Crowley | NY-07 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Henry Cuellar | TX-28 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Elijah Cummings | MD-07 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper | PA-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Artur Davis | AL-07 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Susan Davis | CA-53 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Lincoln Davis | TN-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Danny Davis | IL-07 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Peter DeFazio | OR-04 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Diana DeGette | CO-01 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Bill Delahunt | MA-10 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Rosa DeLauro | CT-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Ted Deutch | FL-19 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Norm Dicks | WA-06 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. John Dingell | MI-15 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Lloyd Doggett | TX-25 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Joe Donnelly | IN-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Mike Doyle | PA-14 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Steve Driehaus | OH-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Chet Edwards | TX-17 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Donna Edwards | MD-04 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Keith Ellison | MN-05 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Brad Ellsworth | IN-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Eliot Engel | NY-17 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Anna Eshoo | CA-14 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Bob Etheridge | NC-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Sam Farr | CA-17 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Chaka Fattah | PA-02 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Bob Filner | CA-51 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Bill Foster | IL-14 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Barney Frank | MA-04 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Marcia Fudge | OH-11 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Garamendi | CA-10 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Gabrielle Giffords | AZ-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Charles Gonzalez | TX-20 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Bart Gordon | TN-06 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Alan Grayson | FL-08 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Al Green | TX-09 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Gene Green | TX-29 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Raul Grijalva | AZ-07 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Luis Gutierrez | IL-04 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Hall | NY-19 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Debbie Halvorson | IL-11 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Phil Hare | IL-17 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Jane Harman | CA-36 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Alcee Hastings | FL-23 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Martin Heinrich | NM-01 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | SD-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Brian Higgins | NY-27 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Baron Hill | IN-09 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jim Himes | CT-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Maurice Hinchey | NY-22 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Ruben Hinojosa | TX-15 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Mazie Hirono | HI-02 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Paul Hodes | NH-02 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Tim Holden | PA-17 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Rush Holt | NJ-12 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Mike Honda | CA-15 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Steny Hoyer | MD-05 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jay Inslee | WA-01 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Steve Israel | NY-02 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Jesse Jackson | IL-02 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee | TX-18 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Hank Johnson | GA-04 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Eddie Johnson | TX-30 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Steve Kagen | WI-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Paul Kanjorski | PA-11 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Marcy Kaptur | OH-09 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Patrick Kennedy | RI-01 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Dale Kildee | MI-05 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick | MI-13 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy | OH-15 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Ron Kind | WI-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick | AZ-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Larry Kissell | NC-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Ron Klein | FL-22 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Suzanne Kosmas | FL-24 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Frank Kratovil | MD-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Dennis Kucinich | OH-10 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Jim Langevin | RI-02 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Rick Larsen | WA-02 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. John Larson | CT-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Barbara Lee | CA-09 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Sandy Levin | MI-12 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. John Lewis | GA-05 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Dan Lipinski | IL-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Dave Loebsack | IA-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Zoe Lofgren | CA-16 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Nita Lowey | NY-18 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Ben Lujan | NM-03 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Stephen Lynch | MA-09 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Dan Maffei | NY-25 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Carolyn Maloney | NY-14 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Betsy Markey | CO-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Ed Markey | MA-07 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Jim Marshall | GA-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jim Matheson | UT-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Doris Matsui | CA-05 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Carolyn McCarthy | NY-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Betty McCollum | MN-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jim McDermott | WA-07 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Jim McGovern | MA-03 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Mike McIntyre | NC-07 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Michael McMahon | NY-13 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jerry McNerney | CA-11 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Kendrick Meek | FL-17 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Gregory Meeks | NY-06 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Charlie Melancon | LA-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Mike Michaud | ME-02 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. George Miller | CA-07 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Brad Miller | NC-13 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Walter Minnick | ID-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Harry Mitchell | AZ-05 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Alan Mollohan | WV-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Dennis Moore | KS-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Gwen Moore | WI-04 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Jim Moran | VA-08 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Scott Murphy | NY-20 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Chris Murphy | CT-05 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Patrick Murphy | PA-08 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Jerrold Nadler | NY-08 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Grace Napolitano | CA-38 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Richard Neal | MA-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Glenn Nye | VA-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jim Oberstar | MN-08 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Dave Obey | WI-07 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. John Olver | MA-01 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Solomon Ortiz | TX-27 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Bill Owens | NY-23 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Frank Pallone | NJ-06 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Bill Pascrell | NJ-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Ed Pastor | AZ-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Donald Payne | NJ-10 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Nancy Pelosi | CA-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Ed Perlmutter | CO-07 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Tom Perriello | VA-05 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Gary Peters | MI-09 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Collin Peterson | MN-07 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Chellie Pingree | ME-01 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Jared Polis | CO-02 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Earl Pomeroy | ND-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. David Price | NC-04 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Mike Quigley | IL-05 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Nick Rahall | WV-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Charles Rangel | NY-15 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Silvestre Reyes | TX-16 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Laura Richardson | CA-37 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Ciro Rodriguez | TX-23 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Mike Ross | AR-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Steve Rothman | NJ-09 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA-34 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Bobby Rush | IL-01 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Tim Ryan | OH-17 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. John Salazar | CO-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Linda Sanchez | CA-39 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Loretta Sanchez | CA-47 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Sarbanes | MD-03 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Janice Schakowsky | IL-09 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Mark Schauer | MI-07 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Adam Schiff | CA-29 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Kurt Schrader | OR-05 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Allyson Schwartz | PA-13 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. David Scott | GA-13 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Bobby Scott | VA-03 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Jose Serrano | NY-16 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Joe Sestak | PA-07 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Carol Shea-Porter | NH-01 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Brad Sherman | CA-27 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Heath Shuler | NC-11 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Albio Sires | NJ-13 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Ike Skelton | MO-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Louise Slaughter | NY-28 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Adam Smith | WA-09 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Vic Snyder | AR-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Zack Space | OH-18 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Jackie Speier | CA-12 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Spratt | SC-05 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Pete Stark | CA-13 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Bart Stupak | MI-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Betty Sutton | OH-13 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Tanner | TN-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Gene Taylor | MS-04 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Harry Teague | NM-02 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Mike Thompson | CA-01 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Bennie Thompson | MS-02 | Unknown | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Tierney | MA-06 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Dina Titus | NV-03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Paul Tonko | NY-21 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Edolphus Towns | NY-10 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Niki Tsongas | MA-05 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Chris Van Hollen | MD-08 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Nydia Velazquez | NY-12 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Peter Visclosky | IN-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Tim Walz | MN-01 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL-20 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Maxine Waters | CA-35 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Diane Watson | CA-33 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Mel Watt | NC-12 | Letter | Unknown |
| Rep. Henry Waxman | CA-30 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Anthony Weiner | NY-09 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Peter Welch | VT-01 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. Charlie Wilson | OH-06 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rep. Lynn Woolsey | CA-06 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. David Wu | OR-01 | Letter | Cosponsor |
| Rep. John Yarmuth | KY-03 | Letter | Unknown |
Plus: Delegates Donna M. Christensen (D-VI) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC).
* Separate letters were sent by Reps. Joe Sestak, Martin Heinrich, and Paul Hodes.
24 have signed a letter to Harry Reid asking for a public option in reconciliation. 19 have given statements to us, reporters, or their constituents. 4 more have made statements on video. And 4 are extremely likely based on their previous support for the public option and Senate leadership, even though they haven't made an official statement yet.
"I want to be crystal clear: Sen. Durbin and the rest of the Senate Leadership will be aggressively whipping FOR the public option if it is included in the reconciliation bill the House sends over."
—Senate Whip Durbin's spokesman, Joe Shoemaker
| Name | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Daniel Akaka | HI | Statement |
| Sen. Max Baucus | MT | Likely |
| Sen. Evan Bayh | IN | Unknown |
| Sen. Mark Begich | AK | Video |
| 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. Maria Cantwell | WA | Statement |
| Sen. Benjamin Cardin | MD | Statement |
| Sen. Tom Carper | DE | Unknown |
| Sen. Robert Casey | PA | Statement |
| Sen. Kent Conrad | ND | Unknown |
| Sen. Chris Dodd | CT | Video |
| Sen. Byron Dorgan | ND | Statement |
| Sen. Dick Durbin | IL | Statement |
| Sen. Russ Feingold | WI | Statement |
| Sen. Dianne Feinstein | CA | Letter |
| Sen. Al Franken | MN | Letter |
| Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | NY | Letter |
| Sen. Carte Goodwin | WV | Statement |
| Sen. Kay Hagan | NC | Statement |
| Sen. Tom Harkin | IA | Video |
| Sen. Dan Inouye | HI | Letter |
| Sen. Tim Johnson | SD | Letter |
| Sen. Ted Kaufman | DE | Statement |
| Sen. Amy Klobuchar | MN | Statement |
| Sen. Herb Kohl | WI | Statement |
| 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 | Video |
| Sen. Robert Menendez | NJ | Letter |
| Sen. Jeff Merkley | OR | Letter |
| Sen. Barbara Mikulski | MD | Letter |
| Sen. Patty Murray | WA | Statement |
| Sen. Bill Nelson | FL | Statement |
| Sen. Ben Nelson | NE | Unknown |
| Sen. Mark Pryor | AR | Unknown |
| Sen. Jack Reed | RI | Letter |
| Sen. Harry Reid | NV | Statement |
| Sen. Jay Rockefeller | WV | Likely |
| 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 | Likely |
| Sen. Jim Webb | VA | Likely |
| Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Letter |
| Sen. Ron Wyden | OR | Statement |
Candidates: Elaine Marshall (NC), Bill Halter (AR)
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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