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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: IF YOU AN READ 58 PAGES AN HOUR AND GO THREE DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP, FOOD, WATER AND CRAPPING, THEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THE SENATE OBAMACARE BILL
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Health bill could get 34-hour reading in Senate... http://bit.ly/X1RmC 11/21/2009 |
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Follow Friday TGIF #FF RT @Zach_Lahn Sen.Coburn wants entire #HCbill read on Sen. floor would take 35hrs &can be demanded http://is.gd/4YU7K 11/20/2009 |
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I say they read it all 3 times required: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/19/health-bill-could-get-34-hour-reading-senate/ 11/20/2009 |
Townhall.com Staff: 34 Hours Straight
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Sen. Tom Coburn is trying to force Senate clerks to read the 2,074-page Senate health care bill before it's voted on. That would take roughly 34 hours. The Washington Times says : Pity the poor Senate clerks. How about, pity the poor citizens who are subject to such a monstrosity!
IF YOU AN READ 58 PAGES AN HOUR AND GO THREE DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP, FOOD, WATER AND CRAPPING, THEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THE SENATE OBAMACARE BILL
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
IT'S 2074 PAGES LONG. AND THEY HAVE 34 HOURS TO READ IT. 34+ HOURS TO READ IT IF YOU CAN READ 58 PAGES AN HOUR AND GO THREE DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP, FOOD, WATER AND CRAPPING, THEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THE SENATE OBAMACARE BILL... OR MAYBE YOU CAN READ WHILE CRAPPING. WHEN YOU'RE DONE CRAPPING, PLEASE DON'T THROW THE BILL INTO THE TOILET. ...
Read the bill!
PoliPundit.com —
Out loud!
Ready, GO!: Over A Page A Minute For 34 Hours Straight
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
34 Hours, 2074 Pages. 34×60 = 2040, or there are 2040 minutes in 34 hours. So if a Senator spent then entire next 34 hours not sleeping, eating, drinking or going to the bathroom and reading at the speed of just over a page a minute, they would barely finish the health bill in time to vote on it.
Washington Times:
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 ...
So, Um, What?
Balloon Juice —
Why is this a big deal:
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 ...
Government health care cost overruns
Peoples Press Collective —
... Harry Reid’s Senate health bill up for a procedural vote on Saturday, which could allow it to move forward to debate. (Yet Republicans are pushing to read the whole thing, which could take 34 hours!) In any case, be wary of how this bill will cut the deficit: remember how unreliable predictions of how much new government programs cost. From ...
Ken Connor: Pull Up a Chair
TownHall Latest columns —
In anticipation of Senate Democrats' introduction of an $849 billion dollar plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn last week announced his intention to press for a full reading of the 2,074 page bill on the floor of the Senate, a process estimated to require between 34 and 54 hours to complete. Not surprisingly, Coburn's effort to fulfill President Obama's pledge of transparency and accountability?a pledge Mr. Obama himself seems to have abandoned at this point?has been scuttled. ...
