Posted on 08/17/2009 7:23:09 AM PDT by NMEwithin
PROVIDENCE –– As the health-care debate rages across the country, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation has mixed feelings about how to handle the explosive issue in their own backyards.
In raucous “town hall” meetings from Pennsylvania to California in recent weeks, angry protesters have heckled and booed members of Congress, warning of “death panels” and flashing signs such as “No Nazi Health Care.” Democratic lawmakers –– encouraged by party leaders to counter such misinformation during their August recess –– have been frustrated and embarrassed as the hostility is captured by the media.
“I think that our opponents to health-care reform have been working hard to try to scare people. I think that’s unfortunate,” said Congressman James R. Langevin, who joins Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse as the only members of Rhode Island’s delegation to have scheduled public forums in the coming weeks. “I think as elected officials right now more than ever, it’s important for us to be reaching out to our constituents, talking to our constituents.”
Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy and Sen. Jack Reed currently have no plans to host public events to discuss health-care legislation moving through Congress...
•Rep. James R. Langevin has a “town hall” meeting scheduled for Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Warwick police station. A second session is scheduled for Sept. 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the bandstand in Wilcox Park, Westerly.
•Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will discuss health-care reform at a community dinner scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the West Warwick Senior Center.
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When they got to send the President to the Blue states to try and drum up support, they are in deep political trouble.
Dems...Denial is not just a river in Egypt....
Just like Grandma and Grandpa! Obama gives you a $4,500 tax credit that you will never see. But old Grandma and Grandpa get the blue or the green pill with their evening milk. Kathleen Sebelius who is the Dr. Mengele of the Obama regime says its for the best to follow his lead.
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