Protesters outside Sen. Murray's office don't like health care plan

In case you didn’t slow down enough to read the signs, the group of demonstrators on Yakima Avenue this morning were protesting U.S. Sen. Patty Murray’s support of sweeping health care reform.

Murray, D-Wash., was one of the senators voting in favor of the bill this week, when it was approved by the Senate health committee.

Joe Ray, one of the event’s organizers, said he expected 40 or 50 people for the anti-health care reform demonstration. When I passed by around 9:15 this morning there were at least 25 or 30, so during the course of the hourlong protest the group very well could have made good on Ray’s prediction.

Committee passage of the bill, notable for offering a public health insurance option, means it will get a vote before the full Senate.

I called Murray’s local office for comment but haven’t heard back. You can read her statement on the legislation here: 

- Pat Muir