Taxpayers swarm Capitol to protest Obamacare

By Anita Crane and Chelsea Schilling

(photo: Americans for Prosperity)

WASHINGTON – A crowd of at least 10,000 descended on the Capitol today to protest the trillion-dollar health

-care bill and storm the halls of congressional office buildings.

With less than a week's notice to prepare for the event, the throng steadily grew as buses unloaded for an "Emergency House Call on Congress" to stop the House from passing the bill.

A group of legislators led by Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.,
and Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., hosted the emergency town-hall meeting to
protest the House Democrats' nearly 2,000-page bill, which is projected
to cost at least $1.1 trillion.

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Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he expects the House take the final version to the floor on Saturday.

But thousands of enthusiastic Americans packed the Capitol grounds, chanting loudly: "Hands off our health care," and "You work for us!"

The following is a video of ralliers shouting, "Kill the bill!"

Family drove from Pennsylvania to attend today's rally (WND photo / Anita Crane)

Many attendees wore patriotic clothing, waved U.S. and "Don't Tread on Me"
flags and carried signs that read, "You lie," "No socialistic health
care" and "Politicians lie, patients die." They arrived as early as
8:30 a.m., coming by bus, car
and plane from from all across the country, including states such as
California, Oregon, Washington, Ohio, Iowa, New Jersey, South Carolina,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Texas.

Dozens of Republican lawmakers led the crowd in prayer and recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Patsy
Bailey, a protester at the rally from Durwood, Md., told WND she
believes lawmakers should be subject to their own health-care plan.

"Nobody knows what's in the bill," she said. "Are they going to sign up for this?"

Carolyn Bowman of Germantown, Md., had her own message for
Congress: "I'm totally against government controlling our health care.
Stay out of our lives!"

Eric Johnson from Richmond, Va., said the issue is bigger than health-care reform.