Posted on 10/10/2009 9:09:36 PM PDT by Jay777
As reported earlier, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been fighting against efforts to institute transparency in the healthcare debate by posting SB3200, the House healthcare bill, online for at least 72 hours before the bill comes to the floor. Similarly, efforts to bring transparency to the Senate’s Baucus bill are also in the offing in the other chamber of the Legislative Branch.
As it happens eight Democratic Senators are pressuring Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid (D, Nevada) to post the Senate’s version of Obamacare online for 72 hours before a floor vote.
The senators told Reid that health care reform should be more transparent and easier for their constituents to understand. Earlier in the debate, Senator Jim Bunning (R, Kentucky) introduced an amendment that would have seen the bill posted online before a floor vote. It was defeated amid charges by Democrat Senator Baucus that Bunning was trying to stall progress on the legislation.
It appears that the eight Senate Democrats include Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas); Evan Bayh (Indiana); Mary Landrieu (Louisiana); Joe Liberman (Connecticut); Claire McCaskill (Missouri); Ben Nelson (Nebraska); Mark Pryor (Aranksas) and Jim Webb (Virginia).
It is well known, of course, that President Obama campaigned on the transparency-in-government issue. Obama even promised that every bill would be online for five days before a floor vote — a sight longer than the mere 72 hours of current efforts. Thus far, Obama has yet to live up to this promise. Unfortunately, it is obvious that the Democrat leadership in the Senate and the House have little interest in abiding by Obama’s campaign promise of transparency. It also seems doubtful that Obama himself has much interest in it any longer.
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Sounds like it’s time for Republican Senators to write another strongly worded letter...............
Dems are feeling the heat. Keep calling and faxing.
www.faxzero.com allows 2 FREE faxes a day. Google the Senators and House members name.
Write down all the voice and fax numbers. DC and in-state. Most in-state voice lines have a toll free. Call
Type up a note then save. Copy and paste each day and fax them. It takes 30 seconds. Rotate the faxes. Send snail mail hardwritten too.
Keep the pressure on! Tell them in your fax. “Leave my healthcare alone!” or “Leave my MediCare alone.”
Tell friends, family. relatives and others.
Seniors are going to get screwed and baby boomers are next.
Also send a fax to the RNC and tell them that NO Republican should vote for this nightmare including Snowe.
bump
I thuoght there was no bill. They were just going to pass a shell like the first and last page and fill in the rest as they went along.
don’t you know,the little people aren’t smart enough to understand.
they hate the fact we have voices and the power of the vote.
Fear will make Democrats do many things they never thought they would do.
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