So if you follow PT news on twitter or Facebook, you have probably already heard: the amendment to repeal the therapy cap has been rejected 58 to 42 (note: we only needed 60 for an adoption of the amendment).
So where do we go from here?
Here’s what I suggest:
1. Below I have provided the information on those who voted “nay” to the amendment
2. Lets flood their phones, twitter accounts and Facebook with links to evidence on “why PT”
3. Use hashtag #Whythetherapycap
4. If a senator (s) from your state voted against the amendment, ask them “why” they did not support the amendment. Call their offices, tweet them, Facebook them, etc. Summarize your interactions in the comments section of this blog and I will reincorporate them into a new post
If we are to make gains, and move to the forefront, we need to be unified and heard. Everyone did such as an awesome job with #Stopthetherapycap and the effort does not end with this vote. Let’s make ourselves known. We improve lives; we reduce costs.
A Chart of Those who voted.
Red Text = Nay (or I support the therapy cap) Green Text = Yay (I voted to #stopthetherapycap)
| State | Senator | Official Senator Twitter ID | Senate Staff Twitter Id | Campaign/Other ID | Facebook (WIP) |
| Alabama | Richard Shelby | @SenShelby |  |
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| Alabama | Jeff Sessions | @SenatorSessions | @jeffsessions | |
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| Alaska | Lisa Murkowski | @lisamurkowski | @Lisa4Senate | |
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| Alaska | Dan Sullivan | @DanSullivan2014 | |
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| Arizona | John McCain | @SenJohnMcCain | @TeamMcCain | |
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| Arizona | Jeff Flake | @JeffFlake | @FlakeforSenate | ||
| Arkansas | Tom Cotton | @RepTomCotton | @TomCottonAR | ||
| Arkansas | John Boozman | @JohnBoozman | @Boozman4AR | ||
| California | Dianne Feinstein | @SenFeinstein | @DianneFeinstein | ||
| California | Barbara Boxer | @SenatorBoxer | @BarbaraBoxer | ||
| Colorado | Michael Bennet | @SenBennetCO | @BennetForCO | ||
| Colorado | Cory Gardner | @repcorygardner | @CoryGardner | ||
| Connecticut | Christopher Murphy | @ChrisMurphyCT | |||
| Connecticut | Richard Blumenthal | @SenBlumenthal | @DickBlumenthal | ||
| Delaware | Tom Carper | @SenatorCarper | @SenCarper_Press | @TomCarperforDE | |
| Delaware | Chris Coons | @ChrisCoons | @SenCoonsOffice | @coons4delaware | |
| Florida | Bill Nelson | @SenBillNelson | @NelsonForSenate | ||
| Florida | Marco Rubio | @marcorubio | @SenRubioPress | ||
| Georgia | David Purdue | @Perduesenate | |||
| Georgia | Johnny Isakson | @SenatorIsakson | @JohnnyIsakson | ||
| Hawaii | Brian Schatz | @brianschatz | @SenBrianSchatz | @SchatzforHawaii | |
| Hawaii | Mazie K. Hirono | @maziehirono | @mazieforhawaii | ||
| Idaho | Mike Crapo | @MikeCrapo | @crapo4senate | ||
| Idaho | Jim Risch | @SenatorRisch | @JimRisch | ||
| Illinois | Dick Durbin | @SenatorDurbin | @DickDurbin | ||
| Illinois | Mark Kirk | @SenatorKirk | @MarkKirk | ||
| Indiana | Joe Donnelly | @SenDonnelly | |||
| Indiana | Dan Coats | @SenDanCoats | @DanCoats | ||
| Iowa | Chuck Grassley | @ChuckGrassley | @GrassleyOffice | @GrassleyWorks | |
| Iowa | Joni Ernst | @joniernst | |||
| Kansas | Pat Roberts | @SenPatRoberts | @PatRoberts2014 | ||
| Kansas | Jerry Moran | @JerryMoran | @moranforkansas | ||
| Kentucky | Mitch McConnell | @McConnellPress | @Team_Mitch | ||
| Kentucky | Rand Paul | @SenRandPaul | @randpaul16 (new), @DrRandPaul (old) |
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| Louisiana | Bill Cassidy | @BillCassidy | |||
| Louisiana | David Vitter | @DavidVitter | @senatorvitter (no tweets) |
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| Maine | Angus King | @SenAngusKing | @AngusKing2018 | ||
| Maine | Susan Collins | @SenatorCollins | @collins4senator | ||
| Maryland | Barbara Mikulski | @SenatorBarb | |||
| Maryland | Ben Cardin | @SenatorCardin | @BenCardinforMD | ||
| Massachusetts | Ed Markey | @MarkeyMemo | @EdMarkey | ||
| Massachusetts | Elizabeth Warren | @SenWarren | @elizabethforma | ||
| Michigan | Gary Peters | @RepGaryPeters | @Peters4Michigan | ||
| Michigan | Debbie Stabenow | @SenStabenow | @StabenowPress | @stabenow, @TeamStabenow |
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| Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar | @amyklobuchar | |||
| Minnesota | Al Franken | @alfranken | |||
| Mississippi | Thad Cochran | @SenThadCochran | |||
| Mississippi | Roger Wicker | @SenatorWicker | @RogerWicker | ||
| Missouri | Claire McCaskill | @clairecmc | @McCaskillOffice | @McCaskill2012 | |
| Missouri | Roy Blunt | @RoyBlunt | @RoyBluntPress | @RoyBluntMO | |
| Montana | Steve Daines | @SteveDaines | @DainesforMT | ||
| Montana | Jon Tester | @TesterPress | @jontester | ||
| Nebraska | Deb Fischer | @SenatorFischer | @DebFischer2012 | ||
| Nebraska | Ben Sasse | @Sasse4Senate | |||
| Nevada | Harry Reid | @SenatorReid | @SenadorReid (En Español) |
@HarryReid | |
| Nevada | Dean Heller | @SenDeanHeller | @DeanHeller | ||
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen | @SenatorShaheen | @JeanneShaheen | ||
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte | @KellyAyotte | @AyotteNH | ||
| New Jersey | Cory Booker | @CoryBooker | @SenBookerOfc | @Booker4Senate | |
| New Jersey | Bob Menendez | @SenatorMenendez | @Menendez4NJ | ||
| New Mexico | Martin Heinrich | @MartinHeinrich | @Heinrich4NM | ||
| New Mexico | Tom Udall | @SenatorTomUdall | @TomUdallPress | @tomudall | |
| New York | Chuck Schumer | @SenSchumer | @chuckschumer | ||
| New York | Kirsten Gillibrand | @SenGillibrand | |||
| North Carolina | Richard Burr | @SenatorBurr | @Burrforsenate | ||
| North Carolina | Thom Tillis | @ThomTillis | |||
| North Dakota | Heidi Heitkamp | @SenatorHeitkamp | @Heidi4ND | ||
| North Dakota | John Hoeven | @SenJohnHoeven | @hoeven4senate | ||
| Ohio | Sherrod Brown | @SenSherrodBrown | @SherrodBrown | ||
| Ohio | Rob Portman | @robportman | @PortmanPress | @portman4senate | |
| Oklahoma | Jim Inhofe | @InhofePress | @jiminhofe | ||
| Oklahoma | James Lankford | @SenatorLankford | @jameslankford | ||
| Oregon | Ron Wyden | @RonWyden | @WydenPress | @WydenForOregon | |
| Oregon | Jeff Merkley | @SenJeffMerkley | @JeffMerkley | ||
| Pennsylvania | Bob Casey, Jr. | @SenBobCasey | @Bob_Casey | ||
| Pennsylvania | Pat Toomey | @SenToomey | @ToomeyForSenate | ||
| Rhode Island | Jack Reed | @SenJackReed | |||
| Rhode Island | Sheldon Whitehouse | @SenWhitehouse | @SheldonforRI | ||
| South Carolina | Lindsey Graham | @GrahamBlog | @LindseyGrahamSC | ||
| South Carolina | Tim Scott | @SenatorTimScott | @votetimscott | ||
| South Dakota | Mike Rounds | @RoundsforSenate | |||
| South Dakota | John Thune | @SenJohnThune | @johnthune | ||
| Tennessee | Lamar Alexander | @SenAlexander | @LamarAlexander | ||
| Tennessee | Bob Corker | @SenBobCorker | @CorkerforTN | ||
| Texas | Ted Cruz | @SenTedCruz | @tedcruz | ||
| Texas | John Cornyn | @JohnCornyn | @TeamCornyn | ||
| Utah | Orrin Hatch | @SenOrrinHatch | @OrrinHatch | ||
| Utah | Mike Lee | @SenMikeLee | @mikelee2010 | ||
| Vermont | Patrick Leahy | @SenatorLeahy | |||
| Vermont | Bernie Sanders | @SenatorSanders | @FriendsOfBernie | ||
| Virginia | Tim Kaine | @timkaine | @SenKaineOffice | ||
| Virginia | Mark Warner | @MarkWarner | @MarkWarnerVA | ||
| Washington | Patty Murray | @PattyMurray | @MurrayCampaign | ||
| Washington | Maria Cantwell | @CantwellPress | @MariaCantwell | ||
| West Virginia | Shelley Moore Capito | @SenCapito | @CapitoforWV | ||
| West Virginia | Joe Manchin | @Sen_JoeManchin | @JoeManchinWV | ||
| Wisconsin | Tammy Baldwin | @SenatorBaldwin | @tammybaldwin | ||
| Wisconsin | Ron Johnson | @SenRonJohnson | @Ron4Senate | ||
| Wyoming | Mike Enzi | @SenatorEnzi | @EnziforWyo | ||
| Wyoming | John Barrasso | @SenJohnBarrasso | @barrassoforwyo |
***The official tally is here
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Just FYI for fellow Utahns, Sen Hatch’s twitter ID is @orrinhatch.