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Contact Senators Who Voted for Anti-ACA Tom Price
Just as they have with each of Donald Trump's other Cabinet nominees so far, on Friday morning, the Senate voted to confirm Tom Price as secretary for health and human services. The Senate voted along party lines to confirm Price, with 52 Republicans voting "yes" and 45 Democrats voting "no." In addition, the two Independents in the Senate, Bernie Sanders and Angus King, both voted "no."
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., was unable to attend the vote because her husband was having heart surgery, but she indicated on Twitter that she would have voted against Price, as well. However, with a final tally of 52-47, McCaskill's vote would not have altered the results.
By voting for Price, who previously served as a congressman representing Georgia's sixth district, the Republicans in the Senate have enabled him to pursue his preferred policies within the department. Among these policies are the abolition of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). It is no secret that Price has long wanted to cut Obamacare, and he submitted legislation to repeal and replace it in 2015.
If Price has his way, many of the protections Americans have grown accustomed to under Obamacare — people with preexisting conditions not being denied or charge more for insurance and free coverage of birth control — may go out the window. Price may not be all that concerned about the latter issue; he infamously told ThinkProgress that "not one" American woman struggles to afford birth control.
Price is also staunchly anti-choice. He has sponsored bills that would declare zygotes to legally be people, which would effectively prohibit both abortion and the morning-after pill. He also believes that employers should be allowed to fire women for being on birth control or having an abortion and that Planned Parenthood should be completely defunded.
If your senator voted to confirm Secretary Price, he or she should know how you feel about the major policy goals that Price is likely to push.
If you support the Affordable Care Act, rely on Planned Parenthood, or simply believe that women shouldn't be fireable simply for exercising their right to avoid unplanned pregnancy, scroll down to find contact information for senators who voted in support of Price, listed by state.
Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby
304 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5744
www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenatorshelby
Alabama Sen. Luther Strange
G-12 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4124
Senator Strange, who just replaced former Senator Jeff Sessions, does not yet have an online contact. His seat is up for reelection in 2018.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski
522 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6665
www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan
702 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3004
www.sullivan.senate.gov/contact/email
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake
413 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4521
www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-jeff
Senator Flake is up for reelection in 2018.
Arizona Sen. John McCain
218 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2235
www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
Arkansas Sen. John Boozman
141 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4843
www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton
124 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2353
www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=contact
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner
354 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5941
www.gardner.senate.gov/contact-cory/email-cory
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
284 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3041
www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson
131 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3643
www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Georgia Sen. David Perdue
383 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3521
www.perdue.senate.gov/connect/email
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo
239 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6142
www.crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch
483 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2752
www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Indiana Sen. Todd Young
B33 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5623
www.young.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst
111 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3254
www.ernst.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley
135 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3744
www.grassley.senate.gov/contact
Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6521
www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts
109 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4774
www.roberts.senate.gov/public/?p=EmailPat
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell
317 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2541
www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
167 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4343
www.paul.senate.gov/connect/email-rand
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy
703 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5824
www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact
Louisiana Sen. John N. Kennedy
B11 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4623
www.kennedy.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Maine Sen. Susan Collins
413 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2523
www.collins.senate.gov/contact
Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5054
www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker
555 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6253
www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt
260 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5721
www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-roy
Montana Sen. Steve Daines
320 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2651
www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve
Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer
454 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6551
www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
386A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4224
www.sasse.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-ben
Nevada Sen. Dean Heller
324 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6244
www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr
217 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3154
www.burr.senate.gov/contact/email
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis
185 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6342
www.tillis.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven
338 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2551
www.hoeven.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman
448 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3353
https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=contact-form
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe
205 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4721
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford
316 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5754
www.lankford.senate.gov/contact/email
Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey
248 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4254
www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=contact
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham
290 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5972
https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-senator-graham
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott
520 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6121
www.scott.senate.gov/contact/email-me
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds
502 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5842
www.rounds.senate.gov/contact/email-mike
South Dakota Sen. John Thune
511 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2321
www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander
455 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4944
www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker
425 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3344
www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailme
Texas Sen. John Cornyn
517 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2934
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
404 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5922
www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch
104 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5251
www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=Email-Orrin
Utah Sen. Mike Lee
361A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5444
www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
172 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6472
www.capito.senate.gov/contact/contact-shelley
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson
328 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5323
https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso
307 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6441
www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi
379A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3424
http://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=e-mail-senator-enzi
While senators cannot revoke their vote for Secretary Price, who has already been confirmed, hearing from constituents helps underscore the point that millions of Americans depend on the policies Price hopes to eliminate.
