GOP Senator Freezes Health Care Debate
Senate Republicans demanded that a “767-page mega-amendment be read out loud in its entirety.” So what did they do? They “froze the health care debate.” People are saying that it will take all day and most of the night, maybe even into the next morning, to read the “767-page mega-amendment” out loud.
I guess the Senators better get their sleeping bags out.
From CNN:
As Democrats scrambled to meet self-imposed deadlines, Senate Republicans froze the health care debate for at least a day Wednesday by insisting that a 767-page mega-amendment be read out loud in its entirety.
The move was poised take 12 hours or more and grind Senate business to a halt for the day. It also threatened Democrats’ ability to pass a health care bill before Christmas.
December 18th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
[...] Threaten Health Care Hold Up Posted: December 18, 2009 at 5:04 pm by J-Pax Earlier this week the Senate came to a halt because the republicans wanted to have a 767-page mega-amendment read out [...]