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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Patricia Blochowiak
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by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 8, 2009

Interesting discussion of the time necessary to read a complex bill. Provides a wide variety of opinions, plus factual background.

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