Posted on 01/05/2010 7:18:45 PM PST by Shellybenoit
All indications are that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will skip the formal conference committee process to reconcile the Senate and House versions of Obamacare but instead will reconcile their difference through closed-door negotiations.
But back in 2006 Harry Reid stood on the Senate floor and complained about legislative dealmaking outside of the formal conference committee process when the Senate was discussing asbestos legislation. He also whined about the use of "managers' amendments" to create legislative deals. Reid of course used "managers amendments" to slip in all of those secret deals in the Senate version of Obamacare. But back in 2006 he said:
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If liberals are anything, they are hypocrites!
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