Speed-reading the health care reform bill?

With the massive health care bill about to come to the House and Senate, members of Congress are arguing about a reading assignment: How long should they have to read a bill that could be 1,000 pages long?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised 72 hours -- three days -- for a final bill to be available online before a vote. Centrist Democratic Senators have asked Majority leader Harry Reid for guarantees of 72 hours for bills in the Senate. Full Story »

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Jo Bobenhouse Smith
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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 9, 2009

this is a concise yet friendly piece wherein Research shows speed-reading the 1,000 pages of this law in 72 hours is plausible. Also,three experts provide political pros and cons of the wait period.

While the research methods were intresting; it is the political gamesmanship of the wait period I found most inciteful.

“We do think it’s long enough, and it strikes the right balance of not delaying the legislation indefinitely,” said Lisa Rosenberg, Sunlight’s government affairs consultant.

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