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Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
weeklystandard.com - 20 days ago
Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing ...

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The Foundry — ... Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has confirmed she will break her pledge to put the final language of the health care legislation online for 72 hours before a vote. ...

The House Health Care Bill — Transparent or Not?
Cato @ Liberty — ... On the Weekly Standard blog, John McCormack says that Speaker Pelosi plans to violate the promise to post the health care bill online for 72 hours. ...

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