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Labor Organization Attempts To Counter Conservative Tea Parties
The “Highway to Health Care Tour”, sponsored by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), features a large RV being sent to over a dozen cities in an attempt to rally support for health care reform.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney noted in a speech Monday during the tour’s final stop in D.C. that the project was intended to be a rebuttal of the anti-tax tea parties being put on by conservatives across the country.
“[The tour] spearheaded our huge mobilization over the past month that called on Congress to act now on health reform and countered the tea baggers fronting for the insurance companies,” Sweeney said. (0:23)
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AFL-CIO President John Sweeney noted in a speech Monday during the tour’s final stop in D.C. that the project was intended to be a rebuttal of the anti-tax tea parties being put on by conservatives across the country.
“[The tour] spearheaded our huge mobilization over the past month that called on Congress to act now on health reform and countered the tea baggers fronting for the insurance companies,” Sweeney said. (0:23)
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