2,074-pg Senate health care bill gets 34 hours to read
Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Events, Health, Opinion, Politics, Real History, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
What’s even more interesting is that Senate Rule XIV (paragraph 2) states that every bill and joint resolution “shall receive three readings prior to its passage.”
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The Oklahoma Republican has threatened to invoke parliamentary rules to force the Senate clerk (or more likely, a team of clerks) to read the massive bill before the full Senate begins formal debate on the legislation. The move is strictly according to Senate rules, which say any senator can demand a bill be read in its entirety before debate begins. While Democrats could, if they wish, repeatedly make motions to end the soliloquy, Republicans on the floor could object, and the reading would continue.
“Upon demand of a senator, these readings shall be on three different legislative days,” the rules say.Source
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