Healthcare reform passes House; Rep. Costa voted 'yea'!

Yes, we've been encouraging (nay, pestering) our members to keep making those phone calls, to keep smiling and dialing in favor of healthcare reform with a public option. And lately, the main target of our calls has been Rep. Jim Costa, who remained uncommitted until literally the very last moment.

I'm happy to report that, according to the website for the Clerk of the US House of Representatives, Rep. Costa voted *yea* on HR 3962, the House's version of meaningful healthcare reform. So, it would appear that all of those phone calls, vigils, marches, signs, and persistence paid off, encouraging him to listen to his constituents, 41 percent of whom are medically uninsured.

So, (tomorrow, since we're all needing a well-deserved rest) let's call Rep. Costa's offices one more time, to thank him for his vote in favor of meaningful healthcare reform and in favor of HR 3962. Those numbers remain:

Jim Costa -District 20
Local: (559) 495-1620
Washington, D.C.: (202) 225-3341

Those thank-you calls are every bit as important as the calls we made to encourage his support of the measure. And perhaps even more so.

In the meantime, another big Thank You goes to you, who phone called, who smiled and dialed, who held signs, who stood in hundred-degree weather, who fought hard for this to pass. To you, on behalf of Volunteers For Change-Fresno, I give my most sincere thanks!

And of course, it's not over yet. Next up: Getting healthcare reform through the Senate.

We've won this one... let's keep Being the Change!