This past weekend there was a healthcare reform rally held in Kansas. The rally was primarily organized by the writers of Forward Kansas. The rally was in response to Brenda Landwehr and Mary Pilcher Cook’s proposed legislation to opt Kansas out of any eventual public insurance option. That’s right, certain Kansas [...]
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Over the past couple of weeks, those of us here at Forward Kansas have done our best to educate you on the rouge actions of some members of the Kansas Legislature. Kansas Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook recently introduced a Constitutional Amendment to pre-emptively opt Kansas out of federal Health Care Reform. And of course she brought [...]
Saturday was easily one of the best days I’ve had in recent years, politically speaking, with maybe the exception of November 04, 2008. So what happened that made this day such a success in my eyes? An unusual alignment of the stars? No. The arrival of my dream girl? Sadly, no. Saturday was historic for [...]
Today multiple groups came together in Shawnee, KS to show support for health care reform.
I am proud to say the event organized by real Kansas activist (many of which are Forward Kansas authors!), Kansas Young Democrats, Move On, and other great Kansans was a huge success.
We gathered about 100 people from all parts of Kansas [...]
While I’ve previously spoken about the the point of this Saturday’s march, the game recently became elevated to a higher level. At first it seemed like the first vote in the US House of Representatives would be held Saturday night, but all of that appears to have changed — according to the Associated Press:
Majority Leader [...]
UPDATE –THE WORD IS OUT
Apparently the same Tea Party officials who brought you Glenn Beck’s 9/12 Project and yesterday’s Michelle Bachmann “march” on Washington DC have found out about our plans. According to an e-mail that we received from the Americans for Prosperity (AFP):
We’ve learned that Democrat operatives and MoveOn.org are planning to protest Sen. [...]
In the final days before the vote in Congress we are marching to ensure that Rep. Dennis Moore brings home a strong Public Option and to stand up against Kansas State Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook’s Health Care Freedom Amendment.
As discussed here yesterday, the proposed amendment’s primary purpose is to prevent federal health care reform from taking [...]
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