ADAPT has created a new song to try to rally awareness and (hopefully) buy-in from the McCain camp for the Community Choices Act. (This proposed legislation would provide community based home health care for people with disabilities as the first go-to option. The first option in most communities is nursing home placement-- once you go in, you rarely get well or come out...)
WHY CCA
WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU WHY
YCCA
IT'S NOT EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY
BUT IT STILL WILL FREE A LOT OF GIRLS AND BOYS
YCCA
LISTEN UP McCAIN
YCCA
FISCAL CONSERVATIVES WILL SAVE SOME DOUGH
THEN OUR PEOPLE MAY LET YOU GO
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO PASS THE C-C-A
IT'S WHAT'S YOU GOTTA DO
C-C-A
ONE MORE CHANCE, TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT
THEN GO HOME AND SLEEP GOOD TONITE
CCA
LISTEN UP McCAIN
PASS THE COMMUNITY CHOICE ACT NOW!
(LYRICS BY LINDA ANTHONY)
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Monday, September 01, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Artichokes are Coming! The Artichokes are Coming!
Today was the webcast of the Presidential Disability Forum, which featured Tom Harkin the author of the ADA, and Barak Obama stand-in and Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain. A lot of excitement greeted this event-- and rumors of a 'big Announcement" from McClain.
The 'big announcement' was a great disappointment. The disability community was hoping for his vote and support of the Community Choice Act-- which didn't happen.
However, one woman told a story about Ed Roberts an icon of the Independent Living movement. When told he would end up a vegetable, he told the person that if he was going to be a vegetable, he would like to be an artichoke-- hard and prickly on the outside, with a big heart on the inside. She then encouraged others to be activists, and to be artichokes-- to be persistent, difficult and sometimes prickly-- to get things done.
So, to end a disappointing day on a good note, hats off to the 'artichokes' who are working tirelessly on getting support-- vote-by-vote-- for the Community Choice Act.
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The latest co-sponsors include:
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 6/23/2008 Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 6/23/2008 Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 7/10/2008 Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 7/14/2008 Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/22/2008 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 7/22/2008 Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 7/23/2008
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And ALL Listed by State:
S.799 / H.R.1621 Community Choice Act
Co-sponsors by state as of 6-20-08
Alabama
Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 6/14/2007
Alaska
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 7/23/2007
American Samoa
Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. [AS] - 12/12/2007
Arizona
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 12/4/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 12/12/2007
California
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 7/30/2007
Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 9/5/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 1/15/2008
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 1/16/2008
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 1/16/2008 Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 1/28/2008 Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 2/12/2008 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 4/10/2008 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/23/2008 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 5/13/2008
Colorado
Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] 3/29/07
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 6/14/2007
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 2/12/2008
Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 5/21/2008
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 6/23/2008
Connecticut
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 3/7/2007 Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 6/14/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 5/14/2007
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 5/14/2007 Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 5/14/07
Delaware
Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 3/7/2007
District of Columbia
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 12/17/2007
Florida
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 10/9/2007
Georgia
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 10/9/2007
Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] - 8/2/2007
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/15/2008
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 6/3/2008
Hawaii
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 3/7/2007
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 6/5/2008
Illinois
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 4/12/2007
Sen Obama, Barack [IL] - 7/23/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7]
Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] - 5/14/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/14/2007 Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] 3/21/07 Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 6/14/07 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 1/22/2008 Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 1/29/2008 Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 7/10/2008 Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 7/14/2008 Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 7/23/2008
Indiana
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] - 3/29/2007 Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 5/1/2008 Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8] - 6/19/2008
Iowa
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA]
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 11/5/2007
Kansas
Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 5/13/2008
Rep Boyda, Nancy E. [KS-2] 7/10/07
Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] - 9/5/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 3/5/2008
Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] - 5/1/2008
Louisanna
Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 3/14/2008
Maine
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 4/30/2008
Maryland
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 7/23/2007 Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 9/5/2007 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/15/2008
Massachusetts
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 10/2/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 3/7/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 12/4/2007 Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 2/25/2008 Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 5/1/2008
Michigan
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 5/6/2008
Minnesota
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 1/22/2008 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 4/30/2008
Montana
Sen Tester, Jon [MT] - 10/2/2007
Nevada
Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 5/1/2008
New Jersey
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 5/17/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] 5/14/07
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] - 5/14/2007 Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] - 1/17/2008
New York
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 3/7/2007 Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 3/7/2007
Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] 5/14/07
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 10/9/2007 Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 10/15/2007 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 9/6/2007 Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 10/25/2007 Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 11/15/2007 Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 1/15/2008 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 2/25/2008 Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29] - 3/3/2008 Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 3/14/2008 Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 4/1/2008 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 4/30/2008 Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 5/1/2008 Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 5/1/2008 Rep Fossella, Vito [NY-13] - 5/6/2008 Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 5/6/2008 Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 5/21/2008 Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 5/21/2008 Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 6/23/2008 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 7/22/2008
North Carolina
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 1/23/2008
Ohio
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 5/17/2007
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 1/15/2008
Pennsylvania
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 3/7/2007
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] - 4/12/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 8/2/2007
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 9/5/2007 Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 10/23/2007 Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 12/4/2007 Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 12/5/2007 Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 1/15/2008 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] - 2/12/2008 Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 1/28/2008 Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 2/25/2008 Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] - 3/4/2008 Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 3/10/2008 Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 3/31/2008 Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 4/22/2008 Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 5/1/2008 Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 5/1/2008
Rhode Island
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 10/29/2007 Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 1/15/2008
South Dakota
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 2/28/2008
Rep Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [SD] - 9/5/2007
Tennessee
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 5/14/07
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] - 1/23/2008
Texas
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] 6/14/07
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 7/23/2007
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 8/2/2007
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 9/19/2007
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 11/15/2007 Rep Lampson, Nick [TX-22] - 1/15/2008 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 4/24/2008 Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 6/17/2008
Utah
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 6/14/07
Vermont
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 6/13/2007
Virginia
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 1/28/2008
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/22/2008
Washington
Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 9/20/2007
West Virginia
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 4/17/2008
Wisconsin
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 7/12/2007
Baldwin, Rep Tammy [WI-2] - 10/30/2007
The 'big announcement' was a great disappointment. The disability community was hoping for his vote and support of the Community Choice Act-- which didn't happen.
However, one woman told a story about Ed Roberts an icon of the Independent Living movement. When told he would end up a vegetable, he told the person that if he was going to be a vegetable, he would like to be an artichoke-- hard and prickly on the outside, with a big heart on the inside. She then encouraged others to be activists, and to be artichokes-- to be persistent, difficult and sometimes prickly-- to get things done.
So, to end a disappointing day on a good note, hats off to the 'artichokes' who are working tirelessly on getting support-- vote-by-vote-- for the Community Choice Act.
-----
The latest co-sponsors include:
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 6/23/2008 Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 6/23/2008 Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 7/10/2008 Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 7/14/2008 Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/22/2008 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 7/22/2008 Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 7/23/2008
**********
And ALL Listed by State:
S.799 / H.R.1621 Community Choice Act
Co-sponsors by state as of 6-20-08
Alabama
Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 6/14/2007
Alaska
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 7/23/2007
American Samoa
Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. [AS] - 12/12/2007
Arizona
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 12/4/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 12/12/2007
California
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 7/30/2007
Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 9/5/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 1/15/2008
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 1/16/2008
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 1/16/2008 Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 1/28/2008 Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 2/12/2008 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 4/10/2008 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/23/2008 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 5/13/2008
Colorado
Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] 3/29/07
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 6/14/2007
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 2/12/2008
Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 5/21/2008
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 6/23/2008
Connecticut
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 3/7/2007 Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 6/14/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 5/14/2007
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 5/14/2007 Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 5/14/07
Delaware
Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 3/7/2007
District of Columbia
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 12/17/2007
Florida
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 10/9/2007
Georgia
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 10/9/2007
Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] - 8/2/2007
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/15/2008
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 6/3/2008
Hawaii
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 3/7/2007
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 6/5/2008
Illinois
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 4/12/2007
Sen Obama, Barack [IL] - 7/23/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7]
Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] - 5/14/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/14/2007 Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] 3/21/07 Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 6/14/07 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 1/22/2008 Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 1/29/2008 Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 7/10/2008 Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 7/14/2008 Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 7/23/2008
Indiana
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] - 3/29/2007 Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 5/1/2008 Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8] - 6/19/2008
Iowa
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA]
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 11/5/2007
Kansas
Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 5/13/2008
Rep Boyda, Nancy E. [KS-2] 7/10/07
Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] - 9/5/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 3/5/2008
Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] - 5/1/2008
Louisanna
Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 3/14/2008
Maine
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 4/30/2008
Maryland
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 7/23/2007 Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 9/5/2007 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/15/2008
Massachusetts
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 10/2/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 3/7/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 12/4/2007 Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 2/25/2008 Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 5/1/2008
Michigan
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 5/6/2008
Minnesota
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 1/22/2008 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 4/30/2008
Montana
Sen Tester, Jon [MT] - 10/2/2007
Nevada
Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 5/1/2008
New Jersey
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 5/17/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] 5/14/07
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] - 5/14/2007 Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] - 1/17/2008
New York
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 3/7/2007 Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 3/7/2007
Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] 5/14/07
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 10/9/2007 Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 10/15/2007 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 9/6/2007 Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 10/25/2007 Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 11/15/2007 Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 1/15/2008 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 2/25/2008 Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29] - 3/3/2008 Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 3/14/2008 Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 4/1/2008 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 4/30/2008 Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 5/1/2008 Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 5/1/2008 Rep Fossella, Vito [NY-13] - 5/6/2008 Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 5/6/2008 Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 5/21/2008 Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 5/21/2008 Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 6/23/2008 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 7/22/2008
North Carolina
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 1/23/2008
Ohio
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 5/17/2007
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 1/15/2008
Pennsylvania
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 3/7/2007
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] - 4/12/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 8/2/2007
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 9/5/2007 Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 10/23/2007 Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 12/4/2007 Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 12/5/2007 Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 1/15/2008 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] - 2/12/2008 Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 1/28/2008 Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 2/25/2008 Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] - 3/4/2008 Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 3/10/2008 Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 3/31/2008 Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 4/22/2008 Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 5/1/2008 Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 5/1/2008
Rhode Island
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 10/29/2007 Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 1/15/2008
South Dakota
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 2/28/2008
Rep Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [SD] - 9/5/2007
Tennessee
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 5/14/07
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] - 1/23/2008
Texas
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] 6/14/07
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 7/23/2007
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 8/2/2007
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 9/19/2007
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 11/15/2007 Rep Lampson, Nick [TX-22] - 1/15/2008 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 4/24/2008 Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 6/17/2008
Utah
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 6/14/07
Vermont
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 6/13/2007
Virginia
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 1/28/2008
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/22/2008
Washington
Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 9/20/2007
West Virginia
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 4/17/2008
Wisconsin
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 7/12/2007
Baldwin, Rep Tammy [WI-2] - 10/30/2007
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