Another great video from Mike Stark, this time he catches up with Representative Zack Space (OH-18) who was full of excuses for why he didn’t have time to tell the public where he stands on health care. Oh, and Rep. Space would like us all to know he’s “very busy.” Let’s make sure Rep. Space and his staff have a busy week: (202) 225-6265

Mike Stark caught up with Peter DeFazio (OR-04) on the Hill and asked him about his position on health care.

Representative DeFazio told Mike that any bill “has to have a strong public plan” and he’s committed to voting against a bill without a strong public option. Speaking about the health insurance industry specifically, Defazio told Mike:

We’ve updated the whip count with a whole new round of folks from Mike Stark’s interviews on the Hill. Sadly, many of our new additions fall into the category of “Weasel Words” or “Open to Anything.” All the more reason to hit the phones.

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In case you missed it…..president Obama held a little press conference last night.

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We’ve added Emanuel Cleaver and Donna Edwards (still waiting on a formal statement from her office) to the “Took the Pledge” category.

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It’s time to break out the organizational big guns in our whipping operation — Twitter:

“Calling @jaredpolis, will you pledge to vote against any health care bill with w/ a weak public option? #publicoption”

If you’ve got a Twitter account, we could use your help.

Courtesy of Cenk Uygur and the folks over at Young Turks: We had Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) on the show on Tuesday. He made it clear that the Democrats on the House will draw a line in the sand over the public option in the final healthcare reform bill.

Many thanks to Ric Caric over at Red State Impressions for being such a team player! We always love having the support of the local blogs on this.

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The calls are working, so we need to keep the pressure on.

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