They numbered far fewer than the thousands that turned out Thursday, but the several hundred protesters who attended the second so-called “House call” against Democrats’ health care bill sure were feisty.

At the slightest provocation, the crowd broke into chants of “Kill the bill.” They roared for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the force behind the original protest, and even louder for Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), of the infamous “you lie!” outburst.

They carried American flags, yellow “don’t tread on me” flags and a variety of homemade signs proclaiming the group’s dislike for the health care bill and Democrats in general. “Obama is not my dictator,” read one held by a young boy. “Which one are you drinking?” asked another, with a picture of a tea bag beside the Kool Aid jug.

When Rep. Pete Sessions told the crowd that not only was he voting no on the health care bill, but “I wish there was a place for ’hell no!’” they started chanting that, too.

The dozen or so Republicans who spoke told the assembled protesters that the bill would raise their taxes, destroy their freedom and put the country on a path toward socialism.

“I did not spend four years in the army to call you comrade!” Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas yelled, his voice sounding on the edge giving out altogether.

“They want to enslave you and me, and I won’t let them,” Rep. John Shadegg (R-Aris.) told the crowd.

Several speakers actively baited Blue Dog Democrats, many of whom remain undecided about the bill. “There are some sincere people who think they’re conservatives. Well, this is the day they can show: Are they a Blue Dog or are they a lap dog,” said Wilson.

“We’re going to be talking until we are blue into the face to these Blue Dogs up here, and I think what they need is more honest-to-goodness freedom-loving Americans talking to them,” said Bachmann.

“I like my health care the way it is and I don’t think I should have to pay for somebody else’s,”

Matt Trenka and his wife Kim drove from Salisbury, Md., after they learned about the event last night on Fox News. Matt, who attended the larger rally Thursday, got an e-mail a few hours later with the details.

“I like my health care the way it is and I don’t think I should have to pay for somebody else’s,” said Kim.

Matt, holding a large Maryland state flag aloft, said the crowd clearly wasn’t as large as the rally earlier in the week, but pointed out that people were given so much less notice about today’s sequel. “Its only 18-hours notice if my math is right – the other day we had six days… it’s really hard to organize that quickly,” he said.

If the House bill passes, there will be more protests like the ones this week, promised Jenny Beth Martin, an organizer with the National Tea Party. “We’re going to keep doing this until they hear us. If they don’t listen today, we’ll be back and we’ll tell the Senate the same thing!”

In the meantime, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who with Bachmann helped organized both anti-health care bill events, announced that there were passes for the protesters to get into the Capitol, via the Visitor’s Center.

“And those of you that will fit can go up in the gallery and I’m going to be asking you to stay in that gallery, and watch them all,” King told them. “Look them in the eye.”