BillsNYC Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 WASHINGTON -- The Senate is in health care gridlock after a Republican senator forced the clerk to read aloud a 767-page amendment. GOP Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma had sought approval to require that any amendment considered by the Senate must be offered 72 hours in advance and with a full cost report. When he was rebuffed by Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, Coburn invoked his right to require that an amendment by another lawmaker be read aloud. That sent the Senate into limbo, since the amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, is 767 pages long. It's unclear how long the procedural standoff will continue. Democrats are struggling to pass their bill by Christmas. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/16...mendment-aloud/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 WASHINGTON -- The Senate is in health care gridlock after a Republican senator forced the clerk to read aloud a 767-page amendment. GOP Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma had sought approval to require that any amendment considered by the Senate must be offered 72 hours in advance and with a full cost report. When he was rebuffed by Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, Coburn invoked his right to require that an amendment by another lawmaker be read aloud. That sent the Senate into limbo, since the amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, is 767 pages long. It's unclear how long the procedural standoff will continue. Democrats are struggling to pass their bill by Christmas. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/16...mendment-aloud/ Dammit, I just posted the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Imagine the audacity of someone requesting legislation to actually be read on the floor. Maybe instead he should have prepared a ten question quiz on the bill and handed it to the sponsors and told them he'd shut up and vote for it if they got all ten questions right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Maybe instead he should have prepared a ten question quiz on the bill and handed it to the sponsors and told them he'd shut up and vote for it if they got all ten questions right. I'm sure there would be a lot of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I'm sure there would be a lot of this That must be one hell of an exam, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Geez, can't they let him read it on a chair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Senator Coburn should have asked instead that the 767 amendment be read aloud by William Shatner to the tune of Mr Tamborine Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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