We rocked the House!

Along with 40 or 50,000 of my closest friends, we rocked the House of Represenatives today! Starting at noon on the West Lawn, we could be heard by the legislators inside as we listened to speakers that included John Voight and President Obama's own second cousin who is a physician. Several congressmen who spoke commented that we could be clearly heard inside when we chanted "Kill the Bill!" At 2:30 we moved to the House Office Buildings where the chanting continued as congressmen crossed the street from their offices to the Capital.

Later, the crowd completely surrounded the Capital building and marched around continuing the chants of "Kill the Bill!" A crowd formed at the southeast corner of the Captial. Some of the conservative congressmen came out and began addressing the crowd. Someone from the crowd provided a bull horn and they stood on the steps and one after another addressed and updated a crowd of probably 5,000. One of the congressmen noted that it was the first time he had ever seen the Capital surrounded just like the walls of Jericho!

While we were outside, the Rules Committee was trying to meet on the 4th floor to decide how to handle debate before the vote on Sunday. The crowd was so loud outside that the Speaker eventually abandoned the meeting because they could not hear. During the day, House Leadership abandoned the Deem and Pass approach. Thanks to the Patroits chanting "Kill the Bill!", "You Lie!", and "Nancy!" We may have changed the course of history.

Thanks to all for the calls and e-mails. Several of the congressmen reported that we were making a difference, not only in moral support for them but in changing the direction of the legislation and the undecided as well.

We will be back at 11:00 AM Sunday morning for the next round. We are expecting a vote at around 2:00PM and as of 3:00 today the whip count had the yes votes at 214 and the no votes at 217.

Keep the lines burning all day Sunday. This will not be over until November!

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Comment by David W. Pfaff on March 21, 2010 at 11:00am: Glad to hear such an upbeat report from the boots on the ground, completely different from the T-U article. Sorry we couldn't make this trip, its the most important one of all, thanks for being there.

Comment by Murray Goff on March 21, 2010 at 10:58am: I'm so proud of all of you. Thank you for representing our values.
Never give up and our prayers will be answered.

God save the U.S.A.

Comment by George N. Hatcher on March 21, 2010 at 10:30am: May the "progressive" walls come tumbling down.
Thanks so much for being there and supporting the voice of the American people.
I shall keep up with the emails and phone calls.
I don't believe the tea party used slurs. This could be more lies by the extreme left to anger and cause resentment by our brothers and sisters across the American nation.
God bless America!

Comment by Deb Z on March 21, 2010 at 10:02am: We believe in miracles, and we believe it takes action blessed by God to materialize! We're all praying with you...Thou are all blessed and blessing this nation. Stand on the rock......

Comment by Maria Sullivan on March 21, 2010 at 9:56am: So proud of your represenation in DC! I spent hours trying to make phone calls but to no avail. I will continue today, least I could do. I still have hope that we can prevail and the bill is killed.
God Bless you all.

Comment by Beth Hazen on March 21, 2010 at 9:55am: I heard nothing yelled out like this in DC. There could be Liberal plants trying to make us look bad IF the claims are not lies.

Comment by K. Crenier on March 21, 2010 at 9:51am: Thanks Jeff for the encouraging update! Please continue to make noise up there today, as I know you will! God bless you all! And God bless this great nation of ours.

Johnny: regarding your comments about racial chants, I seriously doubt that happened. That is not who we are, it is not what we are about. We are informed, we are engaged and we are armed with facts. We do not resort to epithets and slurs. We do not have to.

Comment by Pam Pavlick on March 21, 2010 at 9:36am: Thank you ever so much for representing those of us who were unable to go. Be sure all the rest of us are praying for the Nation's & your success. God Bless you.

Comment by Robert Rehberg on March 21, 2010 at 9:29am: Allof us who were not there thank those of you who were! You are leaving a footprint on history. And this print will be wide and deep in November. Often, time erases memories of things that happen. But in this case, November will only be the start--certainly not the ending. Hopefully, we have learned our lesson and will never permit those who we have elected and trusted to conduct our business without our continuous and skeptical oversight.

Comment by Jim Last on March 21, 2010 at 9:15am: Thank all of you up there for your efforts. I pray you will be successful. I'm feeling bad that I didn't make the sacrifice to make the trip.

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