Received this e-mail today from Bernie Sanders group, Our Revolution:
Late Friday afternoon, California's Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon pulled SB 562 in an effort to block the universal health care bill from coming to a vote. Our Revolution, the California Nurses Association, and dozens of other grassroots organizations have spent months organizing and making thousands of phone calls in support of this bill. Now, the Speaker has turned his back on us by blocking the single most popular bill in the Assembly from getting the vote it deserves.
We've reached a moment of truth in the fight for universal health care, and we need your help. Call your representative in the California Assembly and demand they pass SB 562, the Healthy California Act. We will not allow Speaker Anthony Rendon to kill this bill, which is the best hope for millions of California families.
Californians and health care advocates across the country deserve to know why Anthony Rendon is denying this vote. No other bill but SB 562 has attracted thousands of people to rally in Sacramento and cities across the state. And no other bill would guarantee health care to the millions of California residents priced out from the Affordable Care Act and those of us who are unable to receive the help it affords due to undocumented status.
Lives are hanging in the balance of Speaker Rendon's decision. Please call your representative in the California Assembly today and demand they pass SB 562, the Healthy California Act, and guarantee health care to all California residents.
If you're interested in getting more involved, Our Revolution and National Nursed United will be hosting an organizing call tomorrow at 6pm. RSVP here to get a link for tomorrow's planning call.
In solidarity,
Kyle Machado
Organizing Director
Our Revolution
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