Subject: Re: SEIU/home health care workers
From: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
To: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Neera Tanden <[email-masked]>, Maya Harris <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 07:56:24 -0700

Thanks for all of this.
We definitely aren't pushing for extra meetings in the political shop. Maya
and I will talk about this today, but guessing we are on the same page in
terms of not stirring up something we can't manage. And, I remember the ltc
fights on the Hill.
Thanks again for the flag Neera,
Amanda

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 6:45 AM, Ann O'Leary <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Sounds good. Thanks for sharing your thinking. Keep us posted after the
> meeting. Maya and Amanda Renteria are the points and I'll help on policy
> front. Looping in Amanda so she is aware.
>
>
> Ann O’Leary
> Sent from my iPhone
> (510) 717-5518 (cell)
>
> On May 15, 2015, at 9:17 AM, Neera Tanden <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> I guess I don't understand your view here.  Home health is a lot of
> money.  SEIU generally tries to get more money into the sector. So they
> would generally like big investments here.  Now they pushed hard for ltc in
> ACA and it collapsed so they are chastised and they don't have a specific
> ask at the moment.  But as with almost any interest group, there's a risk
> of some kind of big ask.  I assumed the more you keep their requests
> indirect the better you are.  So I kind of thought this was optimal for
> you.  Therefore I'm not understanding why you want to meet with them even
> down the road when they are not asking.
>
> I think Mary Kay is basically trying to limit the expectations of this
> side of her house without ignoring them. Like if they push me I can
> obviously be more separate.
>
> Anyway, perhaps I'm overthinking it but those were my assumptions.
>
>
>
> On Friday, May 15, 2015, Ann O'Leary <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Oh no - go ahead and do it. Maya can meet with them later. You can tell
>> us what they say first. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Ann O’Leary
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> (510) 717-5518 (cell)
>>
>> On May 15, 2015, at 8:06 AM, Neera Tanden <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> They aren't asking for a campaign person.  But I'll tell them to go to
>> the campaign person and take myself out of it.
>>
>> On Friday, May 15, 2015, Ann O'Leary <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Would be good for Maya to do it with Neera in my opinion - just so we
>>> directly are connected and hear their asks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ann O’Leary
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> (510) 717-5518 (cell)
>>>
>>> > On May 15, 2015, at 8:00 AM, Maya Harris <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > And me. Thanks for checking in.
>>> >
>>> >> On May 15, 2015, at 7:23 AM, Jake Sullivan <
>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> No problem from my end.  I think it makes sense.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>> On May 15, 2015, at 12:01 AM, Neera Tanden <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> John, Jake, Maya,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I saw Mary Kay Henry tonight and as John knows, she's trying to
>>> organize her union to support Hillary without a lot of sturm and drang.
>>> This event next week, as well as other union meetings are part of that.
>>> One thing she wants to do is have her home health care leadership meet with
>>> me to discuss importance of home health care for the next few years.  They
>>> don't have a specific ask, but they just want to be raised.  Her staff
>>> asked me to do it and I said yes weeks ago; as John knows, we have a robust
>>> partnership with them.  But tonight she told me that she's looking at me
>>> for this meeting as both president of CAP and the role that plays in the
>>> progressive infrastructure as well as a Hillary person, which I wasn't
>>> aware of before.  She's seeing this as one of the steps (although I assume
>>> a minor one) to get the union where it needs to be.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> They may tweet that they are doing this meeting w/ me, but they'll
>>> use my normal title -  seems to me she's likely to spin it a bit internally
>>> though.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> So I wanted to make sure I flagged this for you and that you guys
>>> are ok with me proceeding.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let me know and thanks!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Neera
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>

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