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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Fabrice Florin
3.8
by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 9, 2009

Interesting and factual report on the length of time needed to read the upcoming Senate health care bill. This article estimates how long it would take the average person to read the text of the bill (about 18 hours, if it were as long as the thousand-page House bill). It also interviews a range of experts on whether or not the proposed 72-hour public review period is practical.

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