House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio told the crowd gathered on the lawn near the West Front of the Capitol, “This bill is the greatest threat to freedom that I have seen.”
Photo shows Georgia Congressman Tom Price holding a copy of the nearly 2,000 page Health Care Bill.
The demonstrators came to Washington by plane, bus and other means to send a message to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as they press ahead with health care legislation.