(Photo by Phil Roeder)

(Photo by Phil Roeder)

Hundreds of people are planning to form a human chain around the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night in protest of the revised Senate healthcare bill.

More than two dozen advocacy groups and non-profits are participating in the “People’s Filibuster” this week, a series of rallies, protests, and actions designed to put pressure on the GOP to reject the American Health Care Act of 2017.

The Congressional Budget Office report, released Monday, found that 22 million people would lose healthcare coverage in the next decade under the plan. Three Republicans have said they can’t support the legislation, and the vote has already been postponed after the July 4 recess.

The protests will still go ahead as planned (“it’s not like they’re cancelling the vote,” a spokesperson says). Around 1,000 people have RSVPed to form the human chain around the Capitol.

Last week, a few dozen people headed to the airport to show their opposition to the bill as senators flew home out of National airport. Earlier in the day, police dragged protesters, a number of whom had disabilities, from the halls of a Senate building as they conducted a “die in.” A total of 43 people were arrested on charges of crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.

It is unclear how Capitol Police would respond to the human chain around the Capitol, and a spokesperson has not responded to a request for comment.

Sen. Kamala Harris is among those planning to attend. “I’ll be there,” she tweeted. “Tell your friends, tell your neighbors.”

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill today, Planned Parenthood organized a Handmaid’s Tale-inspired protest in protest of the provisions related to women’s healthcare.

The protest is slated for 5-7 p.m. on June 28.

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