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Pelosi and Reid refuse to let public see health care package

 

Apparently House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev) are so afraid of a public backlash against the cost of the health care reform package that they don't want voters to see it.  Along with Obama's promise of transparency, the two politicians think they can get away with anything because of having a majority in Congress.  Their arrogance and lack of respect for American citizens has no bounds. 
 

When asked by a reporter by CNSNews,

Like Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said last week that he would not commit to giving the public a week to review the final text of the health-care bill.

The three House committees working on the health-care plan have released what they call a “discussion draft” of the legislation.  It is 850 pages long.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has produced its own 615-page draft that is missing key sections, including the section that would explain the “public option”­or government-run health insurance organization.

This final bill is likely to be well over 1,000 pages long and will include mandates and regulations that could permanently transform the U.S. health care system.

In February, lawmakers had less than 48 hours to review the final conference report on the economic stimulus bill before voting for it.

President Obama is pushing for both houses of Congress to vote on health-care legislation before they take a recess in August. He wants the bill on his desk by October.

Republicans argue that such a sweeping reform should not be rushed.
 
Senator Orrin Hatch said:

 

 

 

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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50229

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