thehill.com - 9/2/2009
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WALDORF, MD -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) ran into a tough crowd Tuesday night, as hundreds opposed to Democratic healthcare proposals booed, jeered and screamed at their Congressman and one other. Fifteen hundred people – the limit set by local authorities -- filled the gymnasium ...
cnsnews.com - 9/3/2009
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cnsnews.com —
Waldorf , Md. , (CNSNews.com) House Majority Leader
Steny Hoyer (D.-Md.) told a town hall meeting on...
Tuesday night that the health care reform legislation under consideration in Congress will not increase taxes or deficit spending, and must be paid ...
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Hoyer on Health Bill: No Tax Hike, No Deficit Spending, ...
online.wsj.com - 9/9/2009
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Associated Press Audience members express their disapproval of
Democratic health-overhaul plans at a town meeting in Waldorf,...
Md., led by House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland on Sept. 1.
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Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech
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Steny Hoyer's Town Hall - Plan B Doesn't Work
Ace of Spades HQ —
Steny Hoyer's Town Hall - Plan B Doesn't Work Plan B being shipping in a bunch of HCAN organizers to fill 1300 of 1500 available seats, give speeches so you don't have to take questions, and trying to take control of the debate . April Burke, a constituent of Hoyers from Mechanicsville, Md., who drew the first question, recounted how her two children recently lost their jobs and health insurance. She asked why the federal government should provide healthcare when her state health insurance is adequate. Saying the Democratic plan would prevent the exact situation Ms. Burkes ...
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... majorities?
Organizing for America removed its "fight domestic right-wing terrorists on 9/11" call to action, but it's been saved from the memory hole.
Obama will not insist on a public option in the new "detailed" health care plan he's unveiling.
Pelosi thinks tax evader Rangel should remain in charge of writing tax law.
Mark Sanford will not stop talking.
Is Time Warner helping out Bloomberg?
We want questions! We want questions!
CNN poll: Majority now oppose ObamaCare
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... , presumably on the theory that one more chorus of “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” will somehow rally an increasingly skeptical public to his side. We don’t believe you anymore, Barry: Too many out-and-out lies about the numbers, too much doublespeak from prominent Democrats about the public option as a trojan horse for single-payer — just “too much bulls**t” generally, as one attendee at Steny Hoyer’s town hall put it. No wonder the Democrats’ huge lead in party affiliation has ...
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