Posted by Working Families Party circulates an online petition charging that five Democratic lawmakers are balking at legislation pushed by congressional leaders.
Five New York Democrats are helping to block President Obama’s health care reform plan, according to a left-wing political party that favors the proposal. In response, the Working Families Party launched a petition Thursday to pressure the five House members—eliciting a torrent of responses.
The party is targeting Reps. Scott Murphy, Nita Lowey, Michael McMahon, Eric Massa and Daniel Maffei, who have balked at Democratic congressional leaders’ measure to raise income taxes on high earners to pay for the reform plan. The online petition calls on them “to put real healthcare reform over protecting the rich.”
The party’s e-mail blast to 103,000 of its supporters noted that less than 1% of New Yorkers would see any tax increase. It set a goal of 5,000 petition signatures. In the first hour, 1,300 people signed the petition, an unprecedented response for the party. “Never seen anything like this,” said Dan Levitan, a Working Families spokesman.
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