Principled Opposition: Focus on Current Healthcare Legislation

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Sir Edmund Burke

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Health bill could get 34-hour reading in Senate

The 2,074-page Senate health care bill would take 34 hours to read cover to cover -- and that's just what Sen. Tom Coburn wants done on the Senate floor.

The Oklahoma Republican has threatened to invoke parliamentary rules to force the Senate clerk (or more likely, a team of clerks) to read the massive bill before the full Senate begins formal debate on the legislation.

Acclaim at 8:08 PM

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