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 Larry on March 21, 2010 at 9:11am: Wish I could be there but thank you. We will keep the phones going here.
God Bless

Comment by JSC on March 21, 2010 at 9:09am: God Bless each and everyone of you who were able to attend. While I was not able to attend, you continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. I am keeping informed, via Fox News. I am also taking part in the phone deluge. Please continue sharing the updates !!!

Comment by Kate Svagdis on March 21, 2010 at 9:04am: all dems are not answering phones and mailboxes are full-BUT keep calling.
How do the keep resurfacing Teddy Roosevelt.
Roosevelt lived in a mansion , not a soup kitchen, FDR did not mix with common people. Gov't jobs are NOT jobs. Gov't jobs are increasing gov't. bHo avoided seeing real Americans yesterday. Yhe pundits can brag about whatever -sob stories that aren't true.

Comment by Helen Rose Chestnut on March 21, 2010 at 9:01am: I have been involved with the Tea Party for over a year and I have never heard any racial remarks. The only raciest remarks I have ever heard from politicians in Washington were Democrats. Anybody remember what Justice Thomas went through when he was nominated to be on the Supreme Court? I say we vote all racist out of office in November and keep the good conservitave Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. We believe in freedom for all, not just a select few!

Comment by Carla on March 21, 2010 at 9:00am: Wish I could be there but thank you so much for being there to represent millions more who could not. We must continue the fight here at home as well.

Comment by Kate Svagdis on March 21, 2010 at 8:59am: Kill the bill. We need the presence in DC and we thank you. It is amazing how the democrat rhetoric and blathering and lies to the people are astoushing. The leites really think we are stupid and we believe the phrases they keep repeating.
Flip the House
Flip the Senate
Kill the Bill
YOU paid your own way to DC.
The dems pay the protestors with free transportation, food, lodging-check the Craigs list ads for orlando.
We are real Americans. They are paid to be Americans.

Comment by Ginger H. Hall on March 21, 2010 at 8:58am: We are so thankful for your being up there representing all of us, and we are praying for your safety and success. We will continue to call and fax.

Comment by Glenn Lord Sr. on March 21, 2010 at 8:48am: Thanks Jeff for this heartening account of everyone's effort to stop this horrendous assault on our freedom. Well done and keep it up! We are keeping the pressure up with calls and faxes. Regardless plans are being made to remove the people from office that vote for this takeover of our freedom. It is called the List and it will be the forefront of our strategy. Their names will be spoken time and time again so that no one will forget, and their faces will be known as conspirators against freedom. The will be unelected and replaced with true Americans who represent the people not the conspiracy against us.

Comment by Glenn Lord Sr. on March 21, 2010 at 8:35am: Johnny, the only one in the crowd saying anything like that is you. People who happen to be black are just as much a part of this movement as anyone including gay people. There are people that believe in God and those that don't. This is because the chant was not about race or sexual orientation but about freedom of all to make their own choices about their medical care. What you have said here offends not only us but people who are black or gay. Your pathetic attempt to divide is obvious and deplorable.

Comment by FCTP on March 21, 2010 at 8:28am: We were in the middle of all of this and NEVER once heard anything like that. Just because Rep. Lewis and Frank said it happened does not mean it did. All we ever saw were great American citizens standing up for their rights. I am ashamed once again of the media reporting on stories without facts. However, here is one big fat -- not one person was arrested and IF someone had said those things or spit on one as he said, they would have been arrested. They don't put up with that stuff in DC.

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