Their Finest Hour
Things are getting interesting in the Senate.
To make matters more complicated, the Senate stumbled into health care gridlock after a Republican senator forced the clerk to read aloud a 767-page amendment.
GOP Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma had sought approval to require that any amendment considered by the Senate must be offered 72 hours in advance and with a full cost report.
When he was rebuffed by Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, Coburn invoked his right to require that an amendment by another Democrat be read aloud. That sent the Senate into limbo, since the amendment by Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders is 767 pages long. It calls for guaranteeing coverage to all through a public program similar to Medicare.
And now Hot Air is reporting they’re threatening to have the entire bill read aloud…all 2000-y pages of it.
This is the strongest weapon they have, and must not be used lightly.
But when the majority party is trying to force passage of legislation that is not even written yet, let alone when they won’t give people a chance to read it, it must be done.
The more people hear and learn about the ideas in this bill the more opinion turns against it, hence Reid’s rush to ram it through.
Politics | Mr. Bingley | 
December 16, 2009 2:21 pm
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I’m feeling like Flounder at the end sceene from “Animal House” right now.
“Oh boy, is this great”.
“when the majority party is trying to force passage of legislation that is not even written yet”
That alone is reason to bring back tarring and feathering.
That alone is reason to bring back tarring and feathering.
And the stocks, Ken. Don’t forget the stocks.
And three cheers for DeMint and Coburn! I wish that the Senate had more senators with a backbone.
Ever see “The Vikings”?
Wolf pit.