Senate Finance Committee Democrats, led by Max Baucus (D-MT), have rejected a GOP amendment that would have required a health care overhaul bill, America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009, to be available online for 72 hours before the committee votes claiming that it was a GOP delaying tactic. Republicans argued that transparency is an Obama administration goal and said their constituents are demanding that they read bills before voting.
Just this past summer a groundswell of grassroots activists spanning both parties urged Congress to “read the bills” before voting. Nonetheless, democrat senators are refusing not only to read the details, but also to refusing to put them in writing before a committee vote. Meanwhile … the push by these democrats and the Obama administration is to rush the bill through … faster than public awareness can catch up.
Those pushing this “urgent” agenda must have seen the recent Washington Post poll showing 54 percent of Americans agree that, “The more I hear about the healthcare plan, the less I like it.” The obvious conclusion is that backers of this one fear an informed public will disapprove of it like the other proposed healthcare legislation … and start calling their “representatives”.
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This entry was posted by LukeAmerica2020 on Thursday; September 24th, 2009 at 3:00 pm and is filed under Big Government Growth, Big Government Spending, Headlines, Health Care.
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