Senator Hagan

Senator Hagan, I worked to get you elected. And today you failed our nation's young people.

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:46pm

Crossposted on Amplify

The DREAM act failed today in the senate, a heartbreaking defeat to many who have worked hard for years on this legislation.  This is also a set back for our whole country and for my generation, as we are not able to offer a path to citezenship to those who want to serve our country.  The Senate needed 60 votes to bring the bill to the floor, they got 55-- well above what would be needed for the bill to pass in a normal vote.

Leahy's Proposed Amendment To Wall Street Reform Bill To Repeal Antitrust Exemption For Health Insurers up for vote TODAY

Submitted by heiderose1 on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 3:46pm

Senator Leahy has introduced an amendment to the Wall Street Reform Bill S.3217 that would repeal the anti-trust exemption that the private health insurance industry has. It's up for a vote today or tomorrow.

Please call Senator Hagan and ask her to support the Leahy Antitrust Exemption Amendment!

Amendment number -Leahy #3823 (health insurance antitrust enforcement)

(202) 224-6342 Sen. Hagan's office
OR
(202) 224-3121 switchboard

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=827caf11-ce71-4...

PS:
Franken's amendment #3991 passed 64-35 on credit ratings issue

Chris Bowers (Open Left) writes:

What Really Should Be Discussed Regarding the Yadkin River Hydroelectric Project

Submitted by ryalcurtis on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 2:12pm

The opinion piece below was published in the Charlotte Observer on Nov. 5, 2009. I am republishing this piece on behalf of Dean Naujoks, the Yadkin Riverkeeper (www.yadkinriverkeeper.org).

The Yadkin Riverkeeper is one of the many environmental groups in opposition to Alcoa receiving a new 50-year license from the federal government for North Carolina's Yadkin Hydroelectric Project located in central North Carolina. Our group (MMI public relations) represents the Stanly County Board of Commissioners who also oppose Alcoa's 50-year federal request. Support for this opposition has grown to include Governor Perdue, Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco, Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan, as well as number of other nonprofit groups and elected officials.

Alcoa's environmental record part of Yadkin River debate
It wants to keep harvesting profits while denying pollution.

From Dean Naujoks, the Yadkin Riverkeeper:

The Public Option: Protect, Pressure, Participate!

Submitted by hbayard on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 4:53pm

Good morning, Kay!

Submitted by James on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 6:44am

I know you're struggling with how to think about health care policy, and you're not too keen on extending the Medicare concept to the general population. But you might want to rethink that given what the people you work for have to say on the issue:

Would you favor or oppose the government’s offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan like Medicare that would compete with private health insurance plans?

Favor: 72%
Oppose: 20%

Seems sort of like a no-brainer to me.

Kay Hagan's Wobbly Red Jello Problem

Submitted by James on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 3:34pm




Kay Hagan has a Jello problem. At least that's my take from reading Mark Binker's story on her position regarding health care coverage. Senator Hagan's statements are a shuffle of non-committal waffling and triangulation that would make a marshmallow fruit salad wiggle.

Hagan made clear that some sort of public option would be needed in order to capture people who either have no health insurance now or have inadequate insurance.

“There will be some sort of backstop provision, a back-stop option,” she said. Some varieties have included a full-public option, which would be a government run health insurance program, to a co-op program favored by some.

By some? No one I know favors the so-called co-op program except for insurance companies and Republicans in the Senate. And for good reason. The "co-op" program does nothing to address the deep structural problems in our health care system that are driving up costs without commensurate benefits in quality.

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