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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 22 days ago
Capitol Hill Tea Party Crowd Growing
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Today's big Capitol Hill Tea Party, promoted by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), is getting ready to begin this morning, and already about 1,000 people are there, many of them arriving on buses sent by the event's organizers. This is not like the failed flash-mob from last week -- it's a seriously ...
On the Hill, Protesters Chant 'Kill the Bill'
prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com - 22 days ago
On the Hill, Protesters Chant 'Kill the Bill'
— prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com — Thousands of demonstrators surfaced on Capitol Hill in opposition to the Democrats' health care legislation.... (more) On the Hill, Protesters Chant 'Kill the Bill'

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motherjones.com - 23 days ago
Is The Tea Party Over?
— motherjones.com — The tea partiers are launching the revolution. This week. But will anyone actually show up? On Sunday,... Rep. Michele Bachmann challenged viewers of Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to join her last-ditch attempt to kill health care reform. The ... (more) Is The Tea Party Over?

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washingtonmonthly.com - 22 days ago
Note the date
— washingtonmonthly.com — NOTE THE DATE.... Today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) hopes to lead a small army of right-wing activists... around Capitol Hill, in the hopes of derailing health care reform. But let's not lose sight of the context here -- Bachmann has... (more) Note the date

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Talking Points Memo:  Thousands Plural

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Thousands Plural
Talking Points Memo — ... The crowd down at the Capitol is growing. Two or three thousand, estimates one of our reporters on the scene. There's apparently a group trying to organize a sit-in at Pelosi's office in the early afternoon, a sit-in to read the whole reform bill out loud. "We're going to have a sit in." ...

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