Health Care Protest

Tea Party Health Care Protests: N-Word Feud Still Rages After Video Discredited

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three Democratic congressmen – all black – say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U....

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Glenn Beck '9/12 Project' Members Are Among Protesters Arrested For Disrupting Congress

The Hill | Jordy Yager | Posted 05.25.2011

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The two men Capitol Police arrested for disrupting Congress on Sunday belong to an offshoot of Glenn Beck's "912 Project."...

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Health Care Protesters Face Off Against Insurance Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Jeremy Binckes contributed to this report.) Thousands of protesters and labor activists descended upon the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington today to...

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Tea Party Activists Hit Capitol Hill, 9 Arrested

POLITICO | Daniel Libit and Martin Kady II | Posted 05.25.2011

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Capitol Police arrested nine protesters Thursday morning in the Hart Senate office building as thousands of Tea Party activists descended on the Capit...

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Reps King, Hoekstra Attempt To Wrap Capitol With Health Care Bill

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Early Friday afternoon, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) announced his intentions to wrap the Capitol building in a massive copy of the 1,900-page health bill...

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Second House Call: Steve King Wants Another Protest Against Health Bill

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Because the first one apparently didn't do it, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) issued a statement today calling for a second "House Call" protest against hea...

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Health Care Attacks Orchestrated By 'Shadowy' Corporate Front Group

ThinkProgress | Lee Fang | Posted 05.25.2011

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The resistance to reforming our nation's healthcare system has been fueled by entrenched corporate interests. Their deep pockets are funneling money i...

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1.5 Million Anti-Reform Rallyers Can't Be Wrong

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The protesters this weekend said that ABC reported 1.5 million people, and that ABC has said they only reported 60,000-70,000. Me, I'm going with the organizers. They had a picture to back up their claim.

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Protesters Expect 4,000 To Descend On Grand Junction Saturday

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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What originally was going to be an "anti-Obamacare rally" Saturday at Lincoln Park, miles from the Central High School location of President Obama's h...

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Pelosi Protesters, Including Kid In Stroller, Compare Obama To Hitler

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two members of the audience at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) town hall meeting in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday -- including a toddler in a ...

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Health Care Protester Exposed As GOP Operative

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressman Steve Kagen, (D-Wisc.) found himself interrupted during a town hall meeting on health care on Thursday evening which, considering the bois...

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