tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 30 days ago
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The scene today at the Capitol Hill Tea Party probably worried incumbents of both parties.
TPMDC was there, following every "Kill the bill" refrain and impromptu "USA! USA!" chant from the many thousands gathered on the West Front Lawn of the Capitol.
Evan captured the mood on the ground ...
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 29 days ago
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When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot
Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots,...
what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess... Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature ...
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Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 30 days ago
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U.S. Capitol Police arrested 10 people this afternoon
Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, public information office for the Capitol...
Police, told TPMDC they happened in the Cannon House building as tea partiers attempted to protest Speaker Nancy Pelosi about ...
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Strange Scene: 10 Arrested As Tea Partiers Heckle Police
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Party On
Talking Points Memo —
... Capitol Tea Party protestor Christi Becker on Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN): "She exudes truth. I completely trust her. I'm glad people are seeing that Michele Bachmann has backing and that so many people believe in her." ...
The Tea Party Big Picture
Talking Points Memo —
... at the Capitol. And Christina Bellantoni filed this report on what the Tea Partiers are saying about 2010 based on interviews she conducted with the protestors. Both are great reads. And I'd suggest reading both of them. ...
Health Care Reform News
Delaware Liberal —
... The Congressional Budget Office has concluded that under the $61 billion Republican amendment to the House health care bill, the number of uninsured Americans would increase to 52 million by 2019, but deficits would decrease by $68 billion over the 2010–2019 period. The bill could slightly reduce premiums for Americans who purchase coverage independently. See, it is possible to get a plan that is worse than the status-quo. Meanwhile, some tea partiers paid a visit to our senator: About 50 protesters visited Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), his office said. In other offices, some dropped ...
Jobless Rate Hits 26-Year High: Does Obama Have an Economic Team? Where’s Their Jobs Program?
Firedoglake —
... embraced their party’s extremism at a Bachmann rally on the Capitol steps. It was an astonishing, frightening spectacle that proved beyond doubt how (1) crazy, (2) dishonest (3) detached from reality and (4) irresponsible the party has become.
I don’t know whether Obama ever believed he could work with a party that has sought to demonize and deligitimize him since January, told him they want him to fail, and is now recklessly toying with an angry, manipulated populist insurrection. But there’s no excuse for such ...
Tea Party Leader Launches PAC To Back Small-Government Candidates
TPMMuckraker —
... He doesn't seem to be the only one who's coming to that conclusion. Many of the Tea Partiers at the recent Capitol rally against health-care reform appeared to have their sights set on 2010. And a Tea Party activist ...
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