Pelosi Won't Give Public a Week to Review Text of Health-Care Bill Before House Votes on It

CNS NEWS.com ^ | Monday, June 29, 2009 | By Marie Magleby and Monica Gabriel

[Cindy]

Pelosi Won't Give Public a Week to Review Text of Health-Care Bill Before House Votes on It

SNIPPET: "At her press briefing on Thursday, Pelosi was asked whether the health-care bill would be handled differently than the stimulus bill, which came up in February. The 1,071-page final text of that bill was posted on the House Appropriations Committee’s Web site late on a Thursday night and then voted on the next day.

“When the stimulus bill came out earlier this year, members and citizens had less than two days to review the final version that came out of the conference committee before it was voted on,” CNSNews.com asked Pelosi on Thursday. “Will you commit to giving Americans at least a week to review the full conference version of the health care bill before it is voted on? And also will you commit to submitting the final version to the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] so that they can report the cost to the public?”

Pelosi would not commit to giving the public a week to review the bill, and did not respond to the question of having the CBO report on the cost of the final bill."

[kcvl]

All hail Queen Pelosi!

I seem to remember these people claiming George Bush was acting like a dictator. You couldn’t get any closer to dictators than what is going on right now!

I think you call that projection?!

[Kansas58]

All we really need to do is run the following commercial:

“Nancy Pelosi and President Obama want hookers, gang bangers, crack heads and illegal aliens to have free, taxpayer subsidized health care.
Nancy Pelosi and President Obama want to pay for this government takeover by taxing YOUR current benefits, and by killing off retired people who the Democrats think are way too expensive to care for!”

[Brad’s Gramma]

Arrogant woman, she.

And dangerous beyond words...

[Prole]

[cricket]

Do not see how; much less ‘why’ this can be opposed. How is it; that reason cannot be made to ‘bear’ here?

OK; next question; it's about our Constitution - and 'rule of law' and 'due process' - as it applies to our Legislature. . .

[pieceofthepuzzle]

One way is to organize national ‘no spending’ days. If all of us who earn a paycheck held back on all but the most essential purchases as a protest, it would have significant effects on the economy and would bring the ire of businesses down on Congress. Average national business revenues could likely be brought down by 25-35%. If this is done for an extended period it will get their attention. It's the one form of public protest that is somewhat passive and for which the government has no legitimate response. I certainly don't want to punish business owners, but ultimately we have to have some way of controlling Congressional behavior beyond voting.

[freekitty]

It’s time that this woman be made responsible for her irresponsible and quite illegal behavior.

[wbones8765]

We need congressional reform, and the only way for that is term limits for the congress. They will not vote it for themselves. We the people, need a constitutional congress to pass an amendment setting those limits.

[jws3sticks]

It’s time that this woman be made responsible for her irresponsible and quite illegal behavior.

How does the "Common Citizen" bring this to an immediate halt, short of wearing tea bags for earrings?

Personally, I feel so helpless.

Am I alone?

[FroggyTheGremlim]

How ‘bout this commercial - a bunch of pigs sitting around smoking, eating and laughing ...

“Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats in congress want to impose a health care plan on you. But they won’t accept the same plan for themselves. They think they are ‘more equal’ than you...”

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Does this really surprise anyone?

[BigSkyFreeper]

She knows that once We The People saw what's in that bill, all hell would break lose, a Levin Surge would melt down the Capitol Switchboard, and support for the bill would sour.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Does this really surprise anyone?

No, and don't let it stop you from getting on the phone and jamming the Capitol Switchboard demanding to know why the hell you and your Congresscritter can't see the text of the bill.

[Thunder90]

Warning...They will use these exact tactics to ram a midnight bill through that will ban firearms...

[Jacquerie]

From our Declaration of Independence,

“Experience has shown that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed.

My FRiends, we have allowed our Congress to ignore the plain language of our Constitution for decades. That is our collective fault.

Are we going to allow further insult to the Forms of our self government by allowing law to passed which neither we nor our Congressmen have seen, let along read and debated?

WE LIVE UNDER THE TYRANNY OF NANCY PELOSI!

[Kitanis]

“WE LIVE UNDER THE TYRANNY OF NANCY PELOSI!”

Or any other politician. You noticed that our President promised if he was elected.. they would give a five working day period to review legislation..

It was a BALD face lie.. Hold them accountable.. Call their office, Write them.. Email them.. TELL them that as a constituent you demand they read the bill!

I am sorry but I need to take headache medicine...

[TexasM1A]

B!tch.

[Iron Munro]

People like Pelosi and Reid have far too much power to manipulate people and events. They treat congress as their personal fiefdom and disregard the interests of the people they are supposed to represent and serve.

They are corrupt, power mad tyrants and are destroying what little is left of our great country.

Honduras looks like they might have a possible solution to the problem.

[Diogenesis]

"Read it? We get our kickbacks and payoffs and immunity to law. Die, America."