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The House of Representatives passed the final version of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on June 30. (See how your Representative voted here.)
Next up, the Senate will have an all-important procedural vote on the bill tomorrow, July 15. This is the last major hurdle to seeing financial reform! To get through it, we need 60 Senators to vote "YES."
The bill is a major advance over the status quo. Despite the millions of dollars the banks spent to weaken it, and despite the thousands of lobbyists on their payroll, it represents a huge step in the right direction for folks on Main Street. If the Senate rejects it, we're left with no changes for the foreseeable future.
Jodi Rell ignored you. She vetoed PA 10-97 (Senate Bill 493), our energy reform legislation. She turned a deaf ear to your thousands of calls, e-mails, faxes and letters calling for energy reform and sided with power producers, the utilities and Wall Street speculators who have driven our electricity prices to the second highest in the United States only to Hawaii.
Call Governor Rell's office during business hours toll-free: 800-406-1527 or at 860-566-4840.
Ask her to sign Senate Bill 493 into law.
Our top priority bills to reduce toxic chemicals are still alive and making their way through the legislative process. Each bill needs to pass one more committee and be approved by the House and Senate before the session ends on May 5th. Some state legislators are supporting these bills, but others still are not. Take action now: Send a message to your legislators either thanking them for their support or asking them to co-sponsor these important bills.
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The chemical industry and their allies are holding dozens of meetings with legislators this week. In order to win we need to generate hundreds of e-mails from concerned citizens around the state. People like you will make the difference!
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Dear Fellow Activist,
This week, you have an opportunity to participate in two health care reform actions, and your voice will make a world of difference.
Make your voice heard this week:
1. Sign up to join in the virtual march on Washington
2. Join us at a witness and candlelight vigil in New Haven on Thursday.
(Continue reading for details.)
(1.) On Wednesday February 24th, together with allies from labor unions, progressive blogs, Health Care for America Now, MoveOn and others, we're participating a massive day of action: the Virtual March for Real Health Care Reform. We will tell Congress--through every single phone line, fax machine, and e-mail address, all day long--that it is time to stop stalling and get health care reform done right. Right now!
Our goal is to send one million messages to Congress that day. To reach that goal, we need everyone we know to join the virtual march. Will you sign up to join the virtual march on Washington, D.C.? Click here to sign up, and you will get a reminder from MoveOn to make your call.
(2.) On Thursday February 25th, we will gather at Center Church on the Green in New Haven to share our stories about health insurer's delaying or denying treatment. We will end with a candlelight vigil in memory of Melanie Shouse, a tireless campaigner for health care reform who worked closely with MoveOn and HCAN.
Witness and Vigil Details
Date: Thursday February 25th, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Place: 311 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06511 [map]
Click here to pass this message along to others who may be able to attend.
Thanks for all that you do,
John Murphy, CCAG Political Director
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Dear Friend,
Next Tuesday, February 16, CCAG and HCAN will stand up for the change we voted for. Join our Fat Cat Tuesday March in Hartford against the opponents of reform!
 In 2008, our country voted for change. We wanted health care reform because we know over 42,000 people die in America every year for lack of health care, and over 50% of our personal bankruptcies are due to medical bills. We wanted financial reforms that would stop greedy financial institutions from plunging us into the Second Great Depression. We wanted the wars of occupation to end and to rebuild our own country’s infrastructure. We wanted good jobs at good wages and action on climate change for our children and grandchildren. Collectively, we knocked on doors; made phone calls; cajoled our family, friends and neighbors and literally pulled strangers out of their homes to vote for change.
Members of Congress John Larson, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes and Chris Murphy teaming up with Senator Chris Dodd have worked hard to deliver the change we voted for. Unfortunately, health insurance companies, financial institutions, the US Chamber of Commerce and other big corporate interests are sabotaging our reform efforts and stopping the change we worked so hard for.
On Fat Tuesday (Tuesday, February 16) we will march against the opponents of change in downtown Hartford. We will gather at 5:00 PM at Christ Church Cathedral, 45 Church Street, Hartford (corner of Main and Church Streets across from the old G. Fox Building) for a short program and begin our march at 5:30 PM. Please join us to tell the health insurance companies and the corporate interests to stop opposing the change America needs!
Please sign up for the event by clicking here. For more information, contact me at murphy@ccag.net or (860) 995-3389.
Yours in the fight for the change we need,
John Murphy
CCAG Political Director
P.S. If you don’t think we need health care reform in Connecticut, please watch the hundreds of underinsured and uninsured patients desperately seeking health services last week in Hartford click here to view it now.
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CCAG is committed to our financial security, and is partnered with Americans for Financial Reform to push for the change we need in light of the global economic crisis.
The financial industry is spending millions to block the creation of an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Please join CCAG and help us stand up to these big special interests.
In his first State of the Union address, President Obama reinforced his ambitious agenda to fix the economy and enact financial reform, including measures to hold Big Banks accountable for their reckless actions that led to our financial crisis and the loss of millions of jobs:
"The House has passed financial reform...And the lobbyists are already trying to kill it. Well, we cannot let them win this fight. And if the bill that ends up on my desk does not meet the test of real reform, I will send it back."
Take Action Now! Click here to write to your Senators and tell them to stand with you. Tell them to hold the Big Banks accountable for bringing down the economy!
After you've written, be sure to call Senator Dodd at (202) 224-3121. Thank him for supporting the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) without weakening states' ability to protect consumers and to please continue to fight for an independent CFPA.
Click on the read more link below to learn about Americans for Financial Reform.
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Dear Fellow Activist,
Now, more than ever, we need Congress to stand up to Republican obstructionism and corporate lobbyists and pass real health care reform, and pass it now. Voters voted for change in 2008 and they expect Congress to deliver.
It's time for Congress to get it done and get it done right, and there are two ways you can help:
1. Call Congress today.
2. Join us at an Emergency Rally to Save Health Care Reform tomorrow.
(Continue reading for details.)
Click here to call your Members of Congress and tell them to finish reform right, NOW!
Each House of Congress has passed a comprehensive health care reform bill, and a compromise between the two was in reach. One election in Massachusetts doesn't mean we can abandon reform now, just when we're so close to the finish line. We need to act fast to remind Congress that we support real reform, that they support real health care reform, and we expect them to finish the job.
We've come too far to give up now. I know you're busy, but please take a moment and make one phone call: click here to join the national call-in day and tell Congress to finish reform right.
Your calls today are important, but we must do more. Please join us at an emergency rally to save health care reform tomorrow.
Our Connecticut delegation (except for Sen. Lieberman) has done great work so far on health care reform. Connecticut Congressman John Larson has risen to Rahm Emanuel's leadership position within the Democratic caucus, so we will rally at Larson's Hartford office to send a message to Obama, Reid & Pelosi to stand up for us and stand up to the insurance industry!
Can you join us? Click here to RSVP online.
Rally Details
Date: Tuesday January 26, 2010
Time: 5:00PM
Place: 221 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106 [map]
Click here to RSVP for the rally online, and please pass this message along to others who may be able to attend.
Thanks for all that you do,
John Murphy, CCAG Political Director
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There is a lot of talk about the recent special election in Massachusetts being a referendum on health care reform. It was not. In fact, Massachusetts has already moved comprehensive reform and 98% of Massachusetts residents have health insurance as a result. It was a referendum on a particular candidate in a climate in which people, hard pressed and frustrated by the economy, are impatient for change.
And nothing has changed.
People still need quality, affordable health care. Our friends and loved ones are still being denied care for pre-existing conditions. We still need to address the health care crisis, and cannot continue to allow medical expenses to bankrupt our country's families and businesses.
It's time to finish reform right. There are two things you can do right now to help:
1. Write a letter to the editor.
An election in Massachusetts didn’t change the fact that thousands still lose their health insurance every day. People are still going bankrupt. Insurance companies are still denying care. We still need health care reform, and we need it done right.
We voted for change in 2008, and politicians in Washington must deliver that change, or else.
[Click here and enter your zip code to send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.]
2. Send a letter to President Obama and Congressional leaders.
Dear President Obama, Speaker Pelosi & Majority Leader Reid:
After the special election in Massachusetts, I'm sending you this letter again because I feel it is crucial you understand that you must finish health reform right and deliver real change to America.
To finish the job and deliver a health reform bill that meets the needs of America’s families, we urge that you and conference leaders resolve a number of critical outstanding issues. These issues may be summarized under two goals:
1. MAKE GOOD HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE
Low and middle income families must be able to afford health insurance, and employers must be asked to provide good health coverage for their employees so health care is affordable at work. Health care should not be paid for with a tax on health benefits.
2. HOLD INSURANCE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE
If the insurance companies win, we lose. Insurance companies must be held accountable with strong regulations and consumer protections, and we must be given the choice of a national public health insurance option available on day one across the United States.
You have my full support in addressing these critical issues before legislation is sent to the White House for a final signature.
Sincerely,
You!
[Click here to sign and send the letter today!]
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