Submitted by R. Neal on Sat, 2009/07/18 - 6:07am.
Health Care for America Now is targeting Blue Dogs who are threatening to block health care reform.
One of the Blue Dogs is Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee. HCAN says Gordon has accepted more than $1 million in campaign contributions from health care industry PACs and lobbyists, and asks whether he's voting for Tennessee or his out of state donors. They suggest calling his office at (202) 225-4231 and telling him to support health care reform.
HCAN is running a series of ads in Blue Dog states. Here's Gordon's:
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here's another way of targeting congressmen (senators, in this case) on the payroll.