who were there to actually again show these senators and these congressmen what they were voting against in terms of lifetime caps. so people around the country really did incredible work, and i have to say disability rights activists led the way for a lot of people. so i really want to honor them tonight. that s a good point. republican house member tom cole made a point i ve been making too, which i think there was more republican opposition to it than was recorded in the vote. many of those senators wanted to be recorded as voting with their party but were hoping it didn t pass. let s listen what tom cole says. i actually think there was a number of other senators. he probably took the hit as john mccain does for several others. it was clear they weren t at 50. you know, they probably weren t at 49 quite frankly. so john mccain did what he always does. he stepped forward, took responsibility that probably other people needed to bear in addition to him. peter wehner, how do you
show these senators and these congressmen what they were voting against in terms of lifetime caps. so people around the country really did incredible work, and i have to say disability rights activists led the way for a lot of people. so i really want to honor them tonight. that s a good point. republican house member tom cole made a point i ve been making too, which i think there was more republican opposition to it than was recorded in the vote. many of those senators wanted to be recorded as voting with their party but were hoping it didn t pass. let s listen what tom cole says. i actually think there was a number of other senators. he probably took the hit as john mccain does for several others. it was clear they weren t at 50. you know, they probably weren t at 49 quite frankly. so john mccain did what he always does. he stepped forward, took responsibility that probably other people needed to bear in addition to him. peter wehner, how do you read the politics of this in the
as protest vehicles. they did protests not just in the capitol but around the country. you ve probably seen pictures of the little lobbyists, who were the mothers and their children who were there to actually again show these senators and these congressmen what they were voting against in terms of lifetime caps. so people around the country really did incredible work, and i have to say disability rights activists led the way for a lot of people. so i really want to honor them tonight. that s a good point. republican house member tom cole made a point i ve been making too, which i think there was more republican opposition to it than was recorded in the vote. many of those senators wanted to be recorded as voting with their party but were hoping it didn t pass. let s listen what tom cole says. i actually think there was a number of other senators. he probably took the hit as john mccain does for several others. it was clear they weren t at 50. you know, they probably weren t at 49 q
disability rights activists from adapt were there. many use wheelchairs. they came from all over the country. they just refused to leave. police arrested those adapt protesters one by one as they were removed from the capitol. they were cheered on from the upper floors of the office building. when all was said and done, more than 90 people were arrested at the capitol today. republicans actually passed on the senate floor was basically a start to 20 hours of debate on a health care bill that they haven t picked out yet. there s no actual bill for them to consider. there s no congressional budget office score. there s been no hearings on any bill. . tonight, democrats forced the clerk of the senate to read the entire text of one of the draft pieces of legislations, the republicans maybe want to try to
constituents printed out a life-size flat rob. they propped him outside his downtown office in toledo, ohio, and they ve told the kinko s version of their senator that they want him to vote no on the republican bill for health care. in missouri today, about 25 of senator roy blunt s constituents stood outside his kansas city office with megaphones. eventually one of senator blunt s staffers got dispatched down to meet them. protesters handed them a stack of mocked up release forms, freeing up their senator from his campaign promise to vote to repeal obamacare. at senator james lankford s office, disability rights activists staged a protest. they were blocked from recording video so they took pictures instead. they told the senator s staff as far as they were concerned, they were not going to sit around and let the republican health care