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Obama threatens Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, Close Offutt Air Force Base , Senate aide reports,
December 15, 2009, Senate Health Care vote, Rahm Emanuel and White House extort Nelson’s vote
December 15, 2009 · From The Weekly Standard, December 15, 2009.
“Source: Dems Threaten Nelson In Pursuit of 60?
“While the Democrats appease Senator Lieberman, they still have to worry about other recalcitrant Democrats including Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson. Though Lieberman has been out front in the fight against the public option and the Medicare buy-in, Nelson was critical of both. Now that those provisions appear to have been stripped from the bill, Lieberman may get on board, but Nelson’s demand that taxpayer money not be used to fund abortion has still not been met. According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn’t fall into line.
Offutt Air Force Base employs some 10,000 military and federal employees in Southeastern Nebraska. As our source put it, this is a “naked effort by Rahm Emanuel and the White House to extort Nelson’s vote.” They are “threatening to close a base vital to national security for what?” asked the Senate staffer.”
Read more:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/12/source_dems_threaten_nelson_in_1.asp
Call Senator Ben Nelson and demand that he do the right thing.
I just received the following in an email:
We’re in Chambliss’ office. He is saying we need everyone across the country to contact the Senators in . Louisianna, Arkansas Indiana, Connetticut, Nebraska ASAP. To protest healthcare. Here are phone numbers:
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4843, DC Fax Number: 202-228-1371
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