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  • Health bill could get 34-hour reading in Senate

    11/19/2009 9:07:12 AM PST · by rawhide · 6 replies · 443+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 11-19-09 | Joseph Curl
    The 2,074-page Senate health care bill would take 34 hours to read cover to cover -- and that's just what Sen. Tom Coburn wants done on the Senate floor. The Oklahoma Republican has threatened to invoke parliamentary rules to force the Senate clerk (or more likely, a team of clerks) to read the massive bill before the full Senate begins formal debate on the legislation. The move is strictly according to Senate rules, which say any senator can demand a bill be read in its entirety before debate begins. While Democrats could, if they wish, repeatedly make motions to end...