But check this out from Fox News, "Health Care Protesters Run Up Against Wall of Momentum as Bill Nears Vote":
Egged on by House Republicans, thousands of protesters railed against Democrats' health care reform plan in Washington Thursday and flooded the offices of their representatives to urge them to oppose the plan.More at the link.
But while GOP lawmakers and demonstrators proclaimed their intention to "kill the bill," the White House and House Democrats remained confident. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is driving the bill toward a Saturday vote, and her top deputy said Thursday that Democrats will have the 218 votes needed to pass the sweeping, $1.2 trillion package.
President Obama, meanwhile, touted fresh endorsements of the plan from the American Medical Association and the AARP, as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed the protesters as rebels without a cause.
Also, at the New York Times, "On the Hill, Protesters Chant ‘Kill the Bill’." (Via Memeorandum.)
Photo Credit: Felicia Cravens.
(More awesome pictures at Monsters and Critics, "In Pictures: 'Congress Health Care Protest'.")
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