From D House staffer ——> Last congress, it took 2 years to find 63 House co-sponsors for single-payer bill This year, they already have 73
Asked Chuck Schumer twice today if he supports single-payer. He demurred, would only say he "is looking at" the Sanders bill
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Have also put in requests for comment w/
@CoryBooker's team if he supports single payer and haven't heard back yet; will update if he does -
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware) is dismissive, says he doesn't "know anything about it"
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Here's my exchange w/
@SenatorCardin (D-MD) on whether Ds should embrace Sanders's single-payer bill:pic.twitter.com/0dHo6hBQOq
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Most consistent line from Dems uncertain about embracing single payer: Let's preserve Obamacare first. Below, talking w/
@SenBobCaseypic.twitter.com/SoRSWqWLqI
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Just learned
@RepJohnConyers's team added 3 new cosponsors today to single-payer bill. Apparently after members faced grassroots backlash -
Sanders staffers say single-payer getting much more positive reception from Ds than it wouldve pre-resistance mvmnt Still, lots of skeptics
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@CoryBooker responds! He is firmly behind single payer ... as "one of those options that must be considered" Full statement:pic.twitter.com/pMEbrOA9Ri
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Below,
@justicedems's list of all House Dems not sponsoring Conyers's single-payer. 3 Ds heavyweights not on board: Pelosi; Hoyer; Crowleypic.twitter.com/va5BZSloVk
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NB:
@keithellison a co-sponsor of single-payer; DWS is not. House D caucus is meeting today in Capitol to decide its health care strategy -
Source: 2 new House Ds have agreed to co-sign
@RepJohnConyers's single-payer bill.@RepWilson did so ysd, &@TulsiGabbard this morning. -
By this point last session of congress, only 40 House Ds supported single-payer. This session, 78 do (for the same bill). More expected soon
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Among voters, huge support for Medicare-for-All — 81% (!) of Ds + 58% of public. On Capitol Hill, ~40% of House Ds & ~10% of Senate Ds agreepic.twitter.com/qgD9kn1Ihi
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Story about this up: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/29/15056672/single-payer-democrats-medicare … Quotes from
@RoKhannaUSA,@justicedems on why this matters now, even w/ GOP control:pic.twitter.com/O3Yk5quG6I
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Source: 6 new House Ds have reached out to sign single-payer bill since my story came out ysd; "a lot of heat getting put on members online"
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Here's Dem
@RepPerlmutter, a no on single-payer, yesterday:pic.twitter.com/db0QMSCGm7
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Fla.'s
@USRepKCastor to also co-sponsor Medicare-for-All bill, source says. She &@BernieSanders held a joint rally on Obamacare this Jan. -
We've hit 80:
@RepDavidEPrice the latest to sign Medicare-for-All bill. Some of the Tweets he got before announcing:pic.twitter.com/Clf3eesyJo
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Just in: 5 more House Ds have signed up for
@RepJohnConyers's single-payer bill. Now 85 co-sponsors. Announcement coming soon. -
Hill progressives say theyre hearing lots of pushback from House Ds about political obstacles to single-payer. Even in very D friendly seats
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Update here:
@RepJohnConyers's single-payer bill now has 107 co-sponsors, more than 1/2 the caucus. That's a first in D history -
Big update today: Conyers's single-payer bill got its most powerful co-sponsor,
@repjoecrowley, chair of the caucus. 111 House Ds on board -
NB: Crowley caught leftwing primary challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez via Sanders-inspired
@BrandNew535/@justicedems. In her platform:pic.twitter.com/ZToPlcWOga
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A Crowley aide also says his office received "hundreds" of calls from constituents in support of single-payer before he decided to co-sign
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