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The Storming Of The Hill Begins!
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 17 days ago
The Storming Of The Hill Begins!
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The next stage of the Capitol Hill Tea Party has begun -- the storming of the Hill! Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who heavily promoted this event, has frequently promised that this protest will involve bringing conservative citizens inside the Capitol and the House office buildings to ...
On the Hill, Protesters Chant 'Kill the Bill'
prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com - 17 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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washingtonmonthly.com - 17 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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talkingpointsmemo.com - 17 days ago
Getting Whackier
— talkingpointsmemo.com — Sigh, I knew this would get fun. As you know, Rep. Michele Bachmann is planning her mega-Capitol Hill Tea Party tomorrow followed by Bachmann leading Tea Partiers through the halls of Congress demanding Congress not take away their health care.  ... (more) Getting Whackier

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Talking Points Memo:  Tea Party Moving Indoors

Blog For Arizona:  President Obama welcomes the endorsement of AARP and AMA for House health care reform bill

Blue Virginia:  Tell Warner & Webb: Tea Party Doesn't Represent Virginia

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Tea Party Moving Indoors
Talking Points Memo — ... The parade of GOP speeches is over, and now lines of Tea Party protesters are forming outside House office buildings at the Capitol Hill Tea Party. We'll be reporting the latest as they move inside. ...

Party Foul
Talking Points Memo — ... At the Capitol Hill Tea Party, TPMDC's Christina Bellantoni happened upon a series of several arrests -- for an as-yet unidentified offense. She reports that a crowd of Tea Partiers began heckling Capitol Police and singing "God Bless America" while several people were being detained. ...

President Obama welcomes the endorsement of AARP and AMA for House health care reform bill
Blog For Arizona — ... Meanwhile, at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue today, wild-eyed moonbat Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is hosting yet another Tea Party temper-tantrum heavily promoted on FAUX News - the storming of the Hill! The Storming Of The Hill Begins  ...

Tell Warner & Webb: Tea Party Doesn't Represent Virginia
Blue Virginia — As Talking Points Memo has been tracking, a thousand or so people have been shouting their way around Congress today for the "Capitol Hill Tea Party." It was organized by Rep. Michele " ...

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