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Congressmembers take health care debate to their districts

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published August 10, 2009.

Members of Congress have returned to their home districts, where many of them are holding town hall meetings with voters to discuss the contentious health care legislation. But as has been widely reported in the media, many town hall meetings have been chaotic, as opponents to reform are loudly voicing their views. As FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports, the detractors are coordinated, motivated and well organized.