Volunteers Needed

Daily Kos and Fire Dog Lake are teaming up to go to Washington to attend the Markup of the House Health Care bill. They need volunteers to go to Washington and they need donations to help us get the Health Care bill we want. A good Public option.

Here's some info from myceve at Daily Kos:

UPDATE:

It's official, we're off to the races. Just received word from Speaker Pelosi's office as follows. This means we need all hands moving toward Washington for the markups.

Please check back for additional details and read the comments of Jane Hamsher.

Pelosi, House Leaders, Committee Chairs to Hold Press Conference on Introduction of Health Care Legislation

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leaders, and Committee Chairs will hold a press conference in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol today, July 14, at 2:45 p.m. to discuss legislation introduced today by the Tri-Committees on health care reform.

Okay, so now we have certainty on the legislation. Now, we must remove the vice-like grip of the lobbyists. The way we do this is by having the American people sit in the mark up room and fight for a good bill as hard as the lobbyists will try to destroy it.

But before I go any further, a little bit of housekeeping. A lot of you asked how you could help, especially if you can't get to Washington. We're starting to run up some big expenses, so Jane Hamsher has put up a FIGHT THE LOBBYISTS DONATIONS PAGE:

https://secure.firedoglake.com/page/contribute/PublicPlan

The lobbyists have countless millions. If you can throw in a few dollars to help with the mounting costs of this undertaking that would be a great help and we thank you for your generosity.

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING, PLEASE LOOK AT THIS. LOBBYISTS BUY ALL THE SEATS AT THE TABLE.

Nataline Sarkisyan's parents coming to Washington to sit front and center in markup room.

One of our expenses among many, is getting Nataline Sarkisyan's parents to Washington and putting them up in a hotel for four nights.

It's huge that Nataline's parents have agreed to come from Los Angeles to sit in the front row during the markup. They are the living embodient of this national catastrophe, and Hilda Sarkisyan will tell the Congresspeople that no other American family should ever lose a child to a murderous for profit insurance company.

URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.

PLEASE SIGN UP HERE. CAN YOU COME TO WASHINGTON? THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO, PLEASE GO TO THE SIGN UP SHEET AND LET US KNOW HOW YOU CAN HELP. AND THANK YOU! ALL THESE RESPONSES ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO JANE HAMSHER.

IF YOU CANNOT COME TO WASHINGTON THEN COULD YOU DONATE A FEW DOLLARS TO FIGHT THE LOBBYISTS MILLIONS?
YOU CAN DONATE HERE:

https://secure.firedoglake.com/page/contribute/PublicPlan

The lobbiests are ready and already on their way to DC. Help if you can any way that you can.