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Title: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: bkg on December 16, 2009, 12:44:33 PM: NICE! :cheersmate: :cheersmate:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/16/senator-forces-clerk-read-page-amendment-aloud/
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: BadCat on December 16, 2009, 12:46:29 PM: About time.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: littlelamb on December 16, 2009, 01:17:27 PM: Is he a speed reader or one that is going to take his time with it?
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Happy Fun Ball on December 16, 2009, 01:48:34 PM: From the clips I heard on Rush, this one appears to be taking her time. Also Jim Demint is joining in on this.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: seabelle on December 16, 2009, 03:00:27 PM: I thought it was supposed to take 17 hours, Kay Bailey Hutchison's speaking now?
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Eupher on December 16, 2009, 03:51:22 PM: When do they break for Christmas? :rotf:
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Happy Fun Ball on December 16, 2009, 03:52:25 PM: Apparently, Sanders somehow managed to get the amendment withdrawn.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Hawkgirl on December 16, 2009, 04:12:42 PM: According to that article, Reid has another ammendement of 1,000+pages to introduce, that will also need to be read aloud... :rotf: The republicans are sticking it to them good! :-)
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Happy Fun Ball on December 16, 2009, 04:25:21 PM: Then there's the bill itself, and Demint has already said (from what I heard) that he will have it all read as well.

2000+ pages of pure entertainment, mostly from watching the democrats' reactions.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Baruch Menachem on December 16, 2009, 09:07:46 PM: I hope the Democrats retaliate later on. And the Republicans retaliate again, so that writing 11,000 page bills to be voted on at midnight becomes impossible ever again.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: thundley4 on December 16, 2009, 09:10:57 PM: Quote from: Baruch Menachem on December 16, 2009, 09:07:46 PM
I hope the Democrats retaliate later on. And the Republicans retaliate again, so that writing 11,000 page bills to be voted on at midnight becomes impossible ever again.

If a law can't be written on a dozen pages or so, then it's too complicated to be read and understood by most congresscritters.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: bkg on December 16, 2009, 09:15:01 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on December 16, 2009, 09:10:57 PM
If a law can't be written on a dozen pages or so, then it's too complicated.

FIFY.

Interestate highways were like 27 pages, IIRC.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: longview on December 17, 2009, 05:57:52 AM: Absolutely the bills should be read. I hope it becomes common practice.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: thundley4 on December 17, 2009, 07:10:53 AM: It seems the DimRats violated senate rules. They allowed Sanders to withdraw his amendment after it was being read. Once the reading is started, it is supposed to be finished without interruption.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Splashdown on December 17, 2009, 07:12:33 AM: Wow. It took the Republicans long enough to find their cojones.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Baruch Menachem on December 17, 2009, 12:00:15 PM: The problem they have is all the pay offs and trade offs.

Social Security was one page. They could do this in one page too. It is all the side scams that are making this entertaining.
Title: Re: Coburn.... Forces Clerk to Read 767-Page Amendment Aloud
Post by: Chris on December 17, 2009, 07:36:23 PM: And Coburn backs down. Not going to do it.

Bullshit.