Republican Senator Calls Cops on 9/11 First Responders
December 16, 2010
A group of nine 9/11 first responders who arrived in Washington, DC, to pressure Congress into passing a health care bill were met with an unwelcome surprise: A police escort, courtesy of Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. Snowe called Capitol Police when she heard the activists were planning to arrive on the Hill and stay in senators' offices until they had the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP filibuster of the health care ...
