Tea Party activists hit the Hill, arrested outside Pelosi's office

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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 29 days ago

Tea Party activists hit the Hill, arrested outside Pelosi's office

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Tea Party activists hit the Hill, arrested outside Pelosi's office. WASHINGTON (CNN) - GOP leaders and thousands of Tea Party movement protesters gathered on Capitol Hill Thursday to call House Democrats' health care reform bill a full-blown government takeover of the nation' health care system. "My colleagues and I last week were wracking our brains trying to figure out what could we do, because quite simply Republicans don't have the votes to kill this bill," Rep. Michele ...

tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 30 days ago

Strange Scene: 10 Arrested As Tea Partiers Heckle Police

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Strange Scene: 10 Arrested As Tea Partiers Heckle Police

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newsbusters.org - 28 days ago

WaPo's Milbank Decries 'Hateful and Gruesome' Hill Protest, Thrown by 'Party of No Taste'

— newsbusters.org — At the Capitol Hill rally against nationalized health care on Thursday, talk-radio host and author Mark Levin... talked to the press: "These are citizen patriots out here, and I’m tired of them being smeared." Some didn’t get the message. In ... (more) WaPo's Milbank Decries 'Hateful and Gruesome' Hill ...

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motherjones.com - 11/4/2009

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?