Aug 07 2009
Rightwing Groups Organize Astroturf Campaign to Defeat Health Care Reform
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Conservatives are already celebrating the delay in health care legislation as a victory to quash reform. Now that Congress is on recess touring their districts to interact with constituents, the fight has been moved to localized town hall meetings. Right wing groups like Americans for Prosperity, and their front groups, like Patients United, have descended on Congressional Democrats supporting a public …
Conservatives are already celebrating the delay in health care legislation as a victory to quash reform. Now that Congress is on recess touring their districts to interact with constituents, the fight has been moved to localized town hall meetings. Right wing groups like Americans for Prosperity, and their front groups, like Patients United, have descended on Congressional Democrats supporting a public …
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