Whip Congress for a Public Option

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

51 senators will vote for a public option in reconciliation if it's sent over by the House

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

WATCH: We announce the 51 votes on MSNBC

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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. Robert Byrd	WV	Likely
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	Video
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	Statement
Sen. Tom Harkin	IA	Video
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	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. John Rockefeller	WV	Statement
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)

120 House members signed.

Read the full letter they've signed on to...

Name		Status
Rep. Gary Ackerman	NY-05	Letter
Rep. John Adler	NJ-03	Unknown
Rep. Jason Altmire	PA-04	Unknown
Rep. Robert Andrews	NJ-01	Unknown
Rep. Michael Arcuri	NY-24	Unknown
Rep. Joe Baca	CA-43	Unknown
Rep. Brian Baird	WA-03	Unknown
Rep. Tammy Baldwin	WI-02	Letter
Rep. John Barrow	GA-12	Unknown
Rep. Melissa Bean	IL-08	Unknown
Rep. Xavier Becerra	CA-31	Unknown
Rep. Shelley Berkley	NV-01	Unknown
Rep. Howard Berman	CA-28	Letter
Rep. Marion Berry	AR-01	Unknown
Rep. Timothy Bishop	NY-01	Unknown
Rep. Sanford Bishop	GA-02	Unknown
Rep. Earl Blumenauer	OR-03	Letter
Rep. John Boccieri	OH-16	Unknown
Rep. Dan Boren	OK-02	Unknown
Rep. Leonard Boswell	IA-03	Letter
Rep. Rick Boucher	VA-09	Unknown
Rep. Allen Boyd	FL-02	Unknown
Rep. Robert Brady	PA-01	Letter
Rep. Bruce Braley	IA-01	Unknown
Rep. Bobby Bright	AL-02	Unknown
Rep. Corrine Brown	FL-03	Letter
Rep. G. Butterfield	NC-01	Unknown
Rep. Lois Capps	CA-23	Letter
Rep. Michael Capuano	MA-08	Letter
Rep. Dennis Cardoza	CA-18	Unknown
Rep. Russ Carnahan	MO-03	Unknown
Rep. Christopher Carney	PA-10	Unknown
Rep. Andre Carson	IN-07	Letter
Rep. Kathy Castor	FL-11	Unknown
Rep. Ben Chandler	KY-06	Unknown
Rep. Travis Childers	MS-01	Unknown
Rep. Judy Chu	CA-32	Letter
Rep. Yvette Clarke	NY-11	Letter
Rep. William Clay	MO-01	Letter
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver	MO-05	Letter
Rep. James Clyburn	SC-06	Unknown
Rep. Steve Cohen	TN-09	Letter
Rep. Gerry Connolly	VA-11	Unknown
Rep. John Conyers	MI-14	Letter
Rep. Jim Cooper	TN-05	Unknown
Rep. Jim Costa	CA-20	Unknown
Rep. Jerry Costello	IL-12	Unknown
Rep. Joe Courtney	CT-02	Letter
Rep. Joseph Crowley	NY-07	Unknown
Rep. Henry Cuellar	TX-28	Unknown
Rep. Elijah Cummings	MD-07	Letter
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper	PA-03	Unknown
Rep. Artur Davis	AL-07	Unknown
Rep. Susan Davis	CA-53	Letter
Rep. Lincoln Davis	TN-04	Unknown
Rep. Danny Davis	IL-07	Letter
Rep. Peter DeFazio	OR-04	Letter
Rep. Diana DeGette	CO-01	Unknown
Rep. Bill Delahunt	MA-10	Letter
Rep. Rosa DeLauro	CT-03	Unknown
Rep. Norman Dicks	WA-06	Unknown
Rep. John Dingell	MI-15	Unknown
Rep. Lloyd Doggett	TX-25	Letter
Rep. Joe Donnelly	IN-02	Unknown
Rep. Michael Doyle	PA-14	Letter
Rep. Steve Driehaus	OH-01	Unknown
Rep. Chet Edwards	TX-17	Unknown
Rep. Donna Edwards	MD-04	Letter
Rep. Keith Ellison	MN-05	Letter
Rep. Brad Ellsworth	IN-08	Unknown
Rep. Eliot Engel	NY-17	Letter
Rep. Anna Eshoo	CA-14	Letter
Rep. Bob Etheridge	NC-02	Unknown
Rep. Sam Farr	CA-17	Letter
Rep. Chaka Fattah	PA-02	Letter
Rep. Bob Filner	CA-51	Letter
Rep. Bill Foster	IL-14	Unknown
Rep. Barney Frank	MA-04	Letter
Rep. Marcia Fudge	OH-11	Unknown
Rep. John Garamendi	CA-10	Letter
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords	AZ-08	Unknown
Rep. Charles Gonzalez	TX-20	Letter
Rep. Bart Gordon	TN-06	Unknown
Rep. Alan Grayson	FL-08	Letter
Rep. Al Green	TX-09	Letter
Rep. Gene Green	TX-29	Letter
Rep. Raul Grijalva	AZ-07	Letter
Rep. Luis Gutierrez	IL-04	Letter
Rep. John Hall	NY-19	Letter
Rep. Debbie Halvorson	IL-11	Unknown
Rep. Phil Hare	IL-17	Letter
Rep. Jane Harman	CA-36	Letter
Rep. Alcee Hastings	FL-23	Letter
Rep. Martin Heinrich	NM-01	Letter
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	SD-01	Unknown
Rep. Brian Higgins	NY-27	Letter
Rep. Baron Hill	IN-09	Unknown
Rep. Jim Himes	CT-04	Unknown
Rep. Maurice Hinchey	NY-22	Letter
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa	TX-15	Unknown
Rep. Mazie Hirono	HI-02	Letter
Rep. Paul Hodes	NH-02	Letter
Rep. Tim Holden	PA-17	Unknown
Rep. Rush Holt	NJ-12	Letter
Rep. Mike Honda	CA-15	Letter
Rep. Steny Hoyer	MD-05	Unknown
Rep. Jay Inslee	WA-01	Letter
Rep. Steve Israel	NY-02	Unknown
Rep. Jesse Jackson	IL-02	Letter
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee	TX-18	Letter
Rep. Hank Johnson	GA-04	Letter
Rep. Eddie Johnson	TX-30	Unknown
Rep. Steve Kagen	WI-08	Unknown
Rep. Paul Kanjorski	PA-11	Unknown
Rep. Marcy Kaptur	OH-09	Letter
Rep. Patrick Kennedy	RI-01	Letter
Rep. Dale Kildee	MI-05	Letter
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick	MI-13	Letter
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy	OH-15	Letter
Rep. Ron Kind	WI-03	Unknown
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick	AZ-01	Unknown
Rep. Larry Kissell	NC-08	Unknown
Rep. Ron Klein	FL-22	Unknown
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas	FL-24	Unknown
Rep. Frank Kratovil	MD-01	Unknown
Rep. Dennis Kucinich	OH-10	Unknown
Rep. James Langevin	RI-02	Letter
Rep. Rick Larsen	WA-02	Letter
Rep. John Larson	CT-01	Unknown
Rep. Barbara Lee	CA-09	Letter
Rep. Sandy Levin	MI-12	Unknown
Rep. John Lewis	GA-05	Letter
Rep. Dan Lipinski	IL-03	Unknown
Rep. Dave Loebsack	IA-02	Unknown
Rep. Zoe Lofgren	CA-16	Letter
Rep. Nita Lowey	NY-18	Letter
Rep. Ben Lujan	NM-03	Letter
Rep. Stephen Lynch	MA-09	Unknown
Rep. Dan Maffei	NY-25	Letter
Rep. Carolyn Maloney	NY-14	Letter
Rep. Betsy Markey	CO-04	Unknown
Rep. Ed Markey	MA-07	Letter
Rep. Jim Marshall	GA-08	Unknown
Rep. James Matheson	UT-02	Unknown
Rep. Doris Matsui	CA-05	Letter
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy	NY-04	Unknown
Rep. Betty McCollum	MN-04	Unknown
Rep. Jim McDermott	WA-07	Letter
Rep. Jim McGovern	MA-03	Letter
Rep. Mike McIntyre	NC-07	Unknown
Rep. Michael McMahon	NY-13	Unknown
Rep. Jerry McNerney	CA-11	Unknown
Rep. Kendrick Meek	FL-17	Unknown
Rep. Gregory Meeks	NY-06	Letter
Rep. Charlie Melancon	LA-03	Unknown
Rep. Mike Michaud	ME-02	Letter
Rep. George Miller	CA-07	Letter
Rep. Brad Miller	NC-13	Letter
Rep. Walter Minnick	ID-01	Unknown
Rep. Harry Mitchell	AZ-05	Unknown
Rep. Alan Mollohan	WV-01	Unknown
Rep. Dennis Moore	KS-03	Unknown
Rep. Gwen Moore	WI-04	Letter
Rep. James Moran	VA-08	Letter
Rep. Scott Murphy	NY-20	Letter
Rep. Chris Murphy	CT-05	Letter
Rep. Patrick Murphy	PA-08	Letter
Rep. Jerrold Nadler	NY-08	Letter
Rep. Grace Napolitano	CA-38	Letter
Rep. Richard Neal	MA-02	Unknown
Rep. Glenn Nye	VA-02	Unknown
Rep. Jim Oberstar	MN-08	Letter
Rep. David Obey	WI-07	Unknown
Rep. John Olver	MA-01	Letter
Rep. Solomon Ortiz	TX-27	Unknown
Rep. Bill Owens	NY-23	Unknown
Rep. Frank Pallone	NJ-06	Unknown
Rep. Bill Pascrell	NJ-08	Unknown
Rep. Ed Pastor	AZ-04	Unknown
Rep. Donald Payne	NJ-10	Letter
Rep. Nancy Pelosi	CA-08	Unknown
Rep. Ed Perlmutter	CO-07	Unknown
Rep. Tom Perriello	VA-05	Letter
Rep. Gary Peters	MI-09	Unknown
Rep. Collin Peterson	MN-07	Unknown
Rep. Chellie Pingree	ME-01	Letter
Rep. Jared Polis	CO-02	Letter
Rep. Earl Pomeroy	ND-01	Unknown
Rep. David Price	NC-04	Letter
Rep. Mike Quigley	IL-05	Unknown
Rep. Nick Rahall	WV-03	Unknown
Rep. Charles Rangel	NY-15	Unknown
Rep. Silvestre Reyes	TX-16	Unknown
Rep. Laura Richardson	CA-37	Letter
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez	TX-23	Unknown
Rep. Mike Ross	AR-04	Unknown
Rep. Steve Rothman	NJ-09	Letter
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard	CA-34	Letter
Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	MD-02	Unknown
Rep. Bobby Rush	IL-01	Unknown
Rep. Tim Ryan	OH-17	Unknown
Rep. John Salazar	CO-03	Unknown
Rep. Linda Sanchez	CA-39	Letter
Rep. Loretta Sanchez	CA-47	Unknown
Rep. John Sarbanes	MD-03	Letter
Rep. Janice Schakowsky	IL-09	Letter
Rep. Mark Schauer	MI-07	Letter
Rep. Adam Schiff	CA-29	Letter
Rep. Kurt Schrader	OR-05	Unknown
Rep. Allyson Schwartz	PA-13	Unknown
Rep. David Scott	GA-13	Unknown
Rep. Robert Scott	VA-03	Letter
Rep. Jose Serrano	NY-16	Letter
Rep. Joe Sestak	PA-07	Letter
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter	NH-01	Letter
Rep. Brad Sherman	CA-27	Letter
Rep. Heath Shuler	NC-11	Unknown
Rep. Albio Sires	NJ-13	Unknown
Rep. Ike Skelton	MO-04	Unknown
Rep. Louise Slaughter	NY-28	Unknown
Rep. Adam Smith	WA-09	Unknown
Rep. Vic Snyder	AR-02	Unknown
Rep. Zack Space	OH-18	Unknown
Rep. Jackie Speier	CA-12	Letter
Rep. John Spratt	SC-05	Unknown
Rep. Pete Stark	CA-13	Unknown
Rep. Bart Stupak	MI-01	Unknown
Rep. Betty Sutton	OH-13	Letter
Rep. John Tanner	TN-08	Unknown
Rep. Gene Taylor	MS-04	Unknown
Rep. Harry Teague	NM-02	Unknown
Rep. Mike Thompson	CA-01	Letter
Rep. Bennie Thompson	MS-02	Unknown
Rep. John Tierney	MA-06	Letter
Rep. Dina Titus	NV-03	Unknown
Rep. Paul Tonko	NY-21	Letter
Rep. Edolphus Towns	NY-10	Letter
Rep. Niki Tsongas	MA-05	Letter
Rep. Vacant Vacant	NY-29	Unknown
Rep. Vacant Vacant	PA-12	Unknown
Rep. Vacant Vacant	HI-01	Letter
Rep. Chris Van Hollen	MD-08	Unknown
Rep. Nydia Velazquez	NY-12	Letter
Rep. Peter Visclosky	IN-01	Unknown
Rep. Tim Walz	MN-01	Unknown
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz	FL-20	Unknown
Rep. Maxine Waters	CA-35	Letter
Rep. Diane Watson	CA-33	Letter
Rep. Mel Watt	NC-12	Letter
Rep. Henry Waxman	CA-30	Unknown
Rep. Anthony Weiner	NY-09	Letter
Rep. Peter Welch	VT-01	Letter
Rep. Charles Wilson	OH-06	Unknown
Rep. Lynn Woolsey	CA-06	Letter
Rep. David Wu	OR-01	Letter
Rep. John Yarmuth	KY-03	Letter

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.

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