Liberals send second letter requesting meeting

[Enrique]

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/president-obama/liberals-crank-up-heat-send-obama-another-letter-demanding-face-to-face-meeting/

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House progressive leaders just sent another letter to the President — which was sent over by a source — reiterating their demand for inclusion of the public option and insisting on a face to face meeting to discuss it.

“We were pleased that you explicitly expressed your support for a public option as a central piece of achieving true reform,” says the letter, which is signed by Dem Reps. Raul Grijalva and Lynn Woolsey, co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “We look forward to meeting with you regarding your support for defining the public option in any final health care reform bill and request that the meeting take place as soon as possible.”

The letter adds that “public opinion polls continue to show that a majority of Americans want the choice of a robust public plan and we stand in solidarity with them.”

“We look forward to meeting with you to discuss the importance of your continued support for a robust public option in the final bill,” the letter reiterates.

As TPM reported yesterday, Obama had originally promised a meeting to progressives, but mysteriously, it never materialized — hence the reiterated demand for a face-to-face.

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[saracat]

1. God bless Raul. and Lynn, though i guess some see them as irrelevant. They

have been fighters for moral imperatives consistently. That cannot be said for the majority of folks in this Administration!

[grantcart]

2. I am glad that they sent the letter but as to meetings "mysteriously" changing, please

[Laelth]

3. k&r for the Honorable Members of the Progressive Caucus.

At this point, all my hopes for real reform are pinned on them.

:toast:

:dem:

-Laelth