Thousands of protesters gathered on the lawn outside the Capitol this afternoon to protest Nancy Pelosi’s government takeover of healthcare. CAGW President Tom Schatz and I attended the event, and stood shoulder to shoulder with concerned Americans. Check out our video footage of the rally.
Fox news reported:
Thousands of protesters arrived by bus for the rally, which the GOP is calling an emergency “House Call.” The event drew the conservative “tea party” activists but unlike past rallies was officially sanctioned by House Republicans.
Republicans want those who attend to track down their elected representatives in Congress and put pressure on them to think twice about voting for the more than $1 trillion health care overhaul pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“They’re going to listen,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who originally called for the rally. “The biggest voice in the United States is your voice.”
Republicans were formally unveiling their version of a health care reform bill Thursday.
They are looking to reprise the kind of grassroots resistance that boiled up during the August recess at town hall meetings across the country. That resistance seemed to temper Democrats’ ambitions for health care reform and just about dash any hope for passing a government-run insurance plan as part of the package. But just a few months later, both the House and Senate have included so-called public options in their bills.
Pelosi’s bill will likely be up for vote this Saturday. The 2,000 plus page monstrosity calls for the creation of 118 new federal bureacracies, new taxes, individual and employer mandates, massive cuts to Medicare benefits, higher insurance costs, and the creation of a government-run healthcare exchange that includes a “public option.”
Call your congressman and tell him to VOTE NO on Pelosi’s government-run healthcare bill!
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