Urge Senate to Pass Community First Choice Amendment

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Post 1 by Click_Clash (No Average Angel) on Monday, 21-Sep-2009 13:22:49

Urge Family & Friends in Committee Member States to Call Today! 

This is huge news!  New York Senator Schumer introduced the Community First Choice amendment to the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform! The next
step is to urge the Committee to pass the amendment.  

Now, we need to call on our friends and family across the country to contact their Senator on the Senate Finance Committee and urge them to support the
amendment.  Have a friend in Kentucky? An aunt in Florida? Have them call their senator TODAY and say:  

"I am calling because NY Senator Schumer just introduced the Community First Choice amendment to the health care bill and I want my Senator [name] to help
pass this amendment!  Everyone should have a choice to get home care and not be stuck in a nursing facility." 

[More info] The amendment would give states increased federal Medicaid matching funds for providing attendant services and supports as an alternative to
nursing facilities and institutions.  

Below is a list of all of the Senate Finance Committee members and their D.C. phone number.  (If the Senator is already a co-sponsor of CCA-as noted below-then
they should be the first to support this amendment!) 

Arizona:

Jon Kyl (R)

(202) 224-4521 

Arkansas:

Blanche Lincoln (D)

(202) 224-4843 

Delaware:

Tom Carper (D)

(202) 224-2441 

Florida:

Bill Nelson (D)

(202) 224-5274 

Idaho:  

Mike Crapo (R)

(202) 224-6142 

Iowa:                           

Chuck Grassley (R)

(202) 224-3744            

Kansas:                                   

Pat Roberts (R) [CCA CO-SPONSOR!]

(202) 224-4774 

Kentucky:                    

Jim Bunning (R)

(202) 224-4343 

Maine:                         

Olympia Snowe (R)

(202) 224-5344 

Massachusetts: 

John F. Kerry (D) [CCA CO-SPONSOR!]

(202) 224-2742 

Michigan:

Debbie Stabenow (D) [CCA CO-SPONSOR!]

(202) 224-4822 

Montana:

Max Baucus (D) [Chair of Sen. Finance Committee]

(202) 224-2651 

Nevada:                       

John Ensign (R)

(202) 224-6244 

New Jersey:     

Robert Menendez (D) [CCA CO-SPONSOR!]

(202) 224-4744 

New Mexico:               

Jeff Bingaman (D)

(202) 224-5521 

North Dakota:              

Kent Conrad (D)

(202) 224-2043 

Oregon:                       

Ron Wyeden (D)

(202) 224-5244 

Texas:                         

John Cornyn (R)

(202) 224-2934 

Utah:                           

Orrin Hatch (R)

(202) 224-5251 

Washington:                 

Maria Cantwell (D)

(202) 224-3441  

West Virginia:              

John D. Rockefeller, IV (D)

(202) 224-6472 

Wyoming:                    

Mike Enzi (R)

(202) 224-3424