Moments after the Senate Finance Committee rejected two public option amendments yesterday, two groups that have been targeting the panel’s chairman Max Baucus, and key Republican Olympia Snowe latched on to their votes in a fundraising bid to turn up the heat on both senators.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America have been running hard hitting ads in Montana, Maine, and Washington, DC, targeting Baucus and Snowe for failing to support a public option. With their votes registered, the groups are now seeking to extend the ad buys:
“Today, we are raising our fundraising goal to $200,000 to PUMMEL Baucus and Snowe with ads in their home states featuring the voices of their constituents,” reads an email from PCCC to members.
You can see the ads here and here. And you can read the entire letter below the fold.
Adam,
BREAKING NEWS: Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) just voted against the public health insurance option in the Senate Finance Committee. They were the deciding votes in the first of several times the Senate will take on this issue in the coming weeks.
These senators just voted against what their own constituents want — and voted with corporate interests that have given them millions.
Enough! Baucus and Snowe need to feel political pain right now — and be forced to answer to their constituents in advance of future votes.
Today, we are raising our fundraising goal to $200,000 to PUMMEL Baucus and Snowe with ads in their home states featuring the voices of their constituents.
Can you chip in and demand accountability? Click here.
Since yesterday, PCCC and Democracy for America members raised over $90,000 toward our goal of $100,000 to run ads targeting Baucus — way ahead of schedule. Those ads are just getting started on TV.
After we reach that initial goal to pressure Baucus, we’ll split future fundraising between the two senators.
These two senators are out of step with their constituents and deserve pressure and political pain right now. This is the time to fight.
Can you chip in to help us flood Maine and Montana with accountability ads today? Click here.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
