Posted on 01/05/2010 12:50:55 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Pelosi tells C-SPAN: 'There has never been a more open process' By Eric Zimmermann and Michael O'Brien - 01/05/10 03:29 PM ET
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Congress' work on a healthcare bill Tuesday saying the process has displayed historic transparency as C-SPAN mounted an effort to open negotiations to TV cameras.
C-SPAN wrote a letter to congressional leaders today asking that TV cameras be allowed to film negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate bills.
Pelosi said Congress had been transparent throughout the process.
"There has never been a more open process for any piece of legislation," Pelosi said at a press conference.
But she also hinted that holding informal negotiations--likely without TV cameras--might be the most practical way to push the legislation through.
"We will do what is necessary to pass the bill," she said.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), assistant to the Speaker, said the healthcare bill had been "subjected to unprecedented level of public scrutiny."
Pressed on whether C-SPAN cameras would be allowed in negotiations, Van Hollen hedged.
"We don't even know if there's going to be a conference committee," he said, alluding to the likelihood that Democrats will reconcile the two bills behind closed doors.
Still smoking crack
“Are you serious? Are you serious?!”
~Nancy Pelosi
Botox effects the mind.
YOU LIE!!!
“There has never been a more open process for any piece of legislation,” Pelosi said at a press conference. “
Even pirates were more open and honest than this group!
how many more lies are the media going to let the Dems and the left get away with.
This is an absurd comment by her and of course I bet most media do not pick it up or even question her or the white house.
It’s a frigging outrage
Wow, does lying just come naturally to her, or has she had too much time to practice?
The botox went into her brain.
I guess she’s saying “the system worked”.
Heckuva job, Nancy.
Cousin Eddie: “Are you serious, Clark”?
There is no one to ask a follow up question at C-Spam? Gee, maybe I sould apply for the “non-existant” job.
AYFKM?
And Al Capone actually paid his taxes early.
anyone?
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anyone?
Couric, et al, will simply parrot Pelosi’s words tonight on the news channels along with commending the Democrats for such an open process.
She’s not delirious. She’s evil; a pathological liar of the first order.
The truth just isn’t in Nancy Pelosi.
Obviously words mean whatever she wants them to mean and are totally disconnected to reality.
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