Republicans are looking to resurrect the angry town halls of August in the last few weeks of November.
Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander said Republicans are “quietly” planning some 50 in-person and telephone town hall gatherings over the next three weeks to drum up opposition to Democratic health care bills. Republicans believe this effort will pick up new urgency once Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) releases his long-awaited bill — possibly next week.
There may be more town hall events in December, but they would become harder to schedule if the Senate stays in session six days a week to try to finish the bill by year’s end.
“If every American has a chance to read the bill, understand what it costs and how it affects them, it wouldn’t have a chance in the world of passing,” Alexander said Tuesday. “We’re taking the bill to our constituents.”
SOURCE: Politico
