Sentences with phrase «congressional town hall meeting»

Congressional town hall meetings under siege about healthcare?

Of course, using the August congressional break to hit lawmakers in their home districts is nothing new; for a particularly dramatic example, just think back to 2009, when Tea Partiers unleashed their anger over health care reform at congressional town hall meetings across the country.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- President Obama's political operation is signaling a new call to arms, and is urging supporters to push back against vocal opponents who have dominated the recent congressional town hall meetings on health care.

They are determined to avoid a repeat of August 2009, when tea party activists and conservative groups descended upon congressional town hall meetings to denounce Obama's plan to remake the health - care system.

Deutch said congressional town hall meetings can have an effect.

At 6 p.m., Rep. Jerrold Nadler will hold a congressional town hall meeting at the Rosenthal Pavilion at NYU's Kimmel Center, Manhattan.

Also at 6 p.m., Rep Jerrold Nadler will hold a congressional town hall meeting, 40 Washington Sq..

Also at 6 p.m., Rep Tom Reed will hold a congressional town hall meeting, Middlesex Fire House, Yates County.

Huckabee, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination and now hosts a show on Fox News, took issue with an op - ed penned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in which the two Democratic leaders condemned opponents of health care reform for disrupting the congressional town hall meetings.