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Conservatives Rally Against Health Care Bill
ABCNews -- In what could be the last stand for opponents of Democratic health care overhaul, House Republicans joined thousands of "tea party" protesters in a rally on the West Front of the Capitol today, days before the House is expected to vote on the bill. "You came! And you came for your House! You came for an emergency house call," Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., said before the cheering crowd, holding colorful signs and waving banners. "The Republicans don't have the votes to kill this bill. ... But what we knew was unlimited is the voice of persuasion of the American people. And that's why you're here today." Bachmann had issued a last-minute appeal to activists to come to Washington during a conference call last week and in a subsequent...
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11.23.09 - Updated 11:11pm ET
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