Indiana tea partiers try to 'kill the bill'

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The battle over health care reform found itself on the Statehouse steps in downtown Indianapolis late Monday afternoon.

Members of the Indianapolis Tea Party left no doubt which side of the issue they're on. Calling it a "kill the bill rally," hundreds of Indianapolis Tea Party members and supporters made it clear, they don't want what President Obama is selling.

Wes Robinson, a member of the Tea Party told the crowd, "It promises transferring state power to federal regulators....giving unprecedented amounts of power to the federal government, especially the federal secretary of human health and human services."

Indiana congressman Mike Pence (R) was on hand to lend support to Tea Party members.

"The people of Indiana want health care reform that will lower the cost of health insurance not grow the size of government...but to get to sensible reform, men and women, we've got to kill the bill," said Pence.

But if rally's like the one in Indianapolis are aimed at changing the president's mind, they aren't working. Monday, he made that clear in a rally of his own in Ohio.

"I don't know about the politics, but I know what is the right thing to do and so I'm calling on Congress to pass these reforms," said the president.

But if the president's mind isn't changed by those in the Indianapolis Tea Party, party members aren't changing their minds about the president's health care plan either.

Said Pence, "We don't like health care reform that forces every American to buy health insurance whether they want it or need it or not."

The president said he expects to get the votes for his health care overhaul.

In an interview Monday, the president said Democrats are working to get a bill ready for a vote later this week.

He said, "I believe we are going to get the votes."