Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday turned back a Republican amendment to wait 72 hours and require a full cost estimate before the final committee vote on the health care reform bill.
It was the committee's first vote out of more than 500 amendments awaiting them, in what has already been a contentious mark-up session.
The amendment would have delayed a vote on the final bill for about two weeks to allow the Congressional Budget Office to complete its final analysis on the cost and implications of the legislation......"
The American people are angry that Speaker Pelosi didn't allow the public and their elected representatives to read the trillion-dollar 'stimulus' bill or the national energy tax before they were rammed through the House," Minority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Wednesday. "Congress can, and must, do better."
7 comments:
Why would the subjects need to read the law?
They will let us know what we need to do, and will probably give us plenty of time to do it.
Let our leaders lead us. We have no business interfeering with their very important work. They care about us. They will take care of us.
anonymous 10:14, Yeah, like Help Is On The Way!
Just another Obama lie Transparency
in government.
Yes - congress can, and must do better - WHEN WE THROW THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE. Then, and only then will there be any "hope" of "change you can believe in"
Joe-I "LOVE" the title of this article. :)
Keep the pressure ON so there is time to read AND GET COST estimates.
Are you Obamabots out there happy still?
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