Senate Amendment 2837 (single payer) not on agenda today (12/6). C-Span 2

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The agenda of today's Senate special session on health care reform was announced at 12:30pm--debate nw/ equal time allotted to each party. Two amendments were to be voted on, one from Sen. Lincoln, and both w/ higher #'s than Sanders' 2837, but 2837 was not on the agenda. Reid said he would get to other amendments "in numeric order", but didn't explain why 2837 skipped. Coverage of the session continues on C-Span 2 this afternoon.


Nelson is speaking in favor of passing a bill, says "there will be 60 votes", but says the bill "can be improved". He expects passage "in a week".

This means that we can call our Senators once again Monday morning to urge them to vote for it. Two tollfree numbers are available for the purpose: 866-220-0044 and 800-828-0498.

Cosponsors of the amendment are Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois.

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1. Harry ==you best not be up to any tricks!!

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2. Amendment 2837 MAY have a vote. (new info)

A few minutes ago, there was a brief consultation between the leaders on mike during which they said that amendments other than those announced, may be brought up depending on time. This could, of course, include S. amendment 2837, single payer amendment introduced by Sen. Sanders and cosponsored by Sens. Sherrrod and Burris.

If you are interested, keep your ear to the ground, and your eye on favorite progressive news source. (If it's not too uncomfortable a position.)