Protesters Arrested at Lieberman’s Office

ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf reports:

It is protest day, for the Left and the Right, on Capitol Hill.

First out of the gate -9 Protesters backing a universal health care system briefly occupied Sen. Joe Lieberman's office this morning.

Protesters werearrested, one by one, and dragged out of his office amid chants of “Everyone in and noone out, universal healthcare now!” and “Represent Connecticut, not AETNA!”

The whole affair, from occupation to final arrest, lasted 40 minutes.

Lieberman, the Connecticut Independent, has said he will join Republicans to filibuster a Democractic health bill if it contains a public health insurance option to operate alongside the private insurance market.

Later we will see much a larger protest from the other side of the political spectrum as potentially thousands of protesters gather with Republican lawmakers on the West side of the Capitol. Those protesters will lobby against Democrats' health care bills in large part because they include a public option..

Dueling Protests Converge at Pelosi’s Office – ‘Health Care for All!’ or ‘Kill the Bill!’

ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf reports: Capping off protest day here at the Capitol are the competing protests that have converged on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office on Capitol Hill, leading to several more arrests and littering the hallway with torn copies of House Democrats healthcare bill.

An protest of about 100 people supporting universal care – including some familiar faces from Lieberman's office earlier today – was already ongoing at Pelosi's office when a new group of about 100 people who oppose the bill showed up.

Specifically, the new group of protesters is concerned that the health reform bill will put tax dollars toward abortions.

Among the protesters against a health reform bill was Randall Terry, founder of the anti-abortion rights group Operation Rescue.

Terry said one of the protesters who was arrested is Father Norman Weslin, a priest from Indiana. Weslin laid down in front of Pelosi's door until a group of police officers picked him up and carried him away.

Up to four protesters (it wasn't clear from which group) were arrested when they started ripping up pages from the bill in the hallway.

Chants of “Healthcare for all!” have been drowned out by chants of “Kill the bill!”

Police are trying to clear the hallway.

This is the office for Pelosi in her capacity as Congresswoman for the 8th District of California. It is not where she works – that office is in the Capitol building.