Publish The Bills
With news yesterday that the Senate wouldn’t vote on any health care bills before the August recess, it’s time that we pressured Democrats to do the right thing. It’s time we flooded their offices with calls demanding that the House bill, the Kennedy-Dodd legislation and the Baucus legislation be published before they leave for their August recess.
Health care legislation isn’t just about what Congress thinks. It’s also about what the American people think. This is a conversation that everyone should participate in. At minimum, it’s something that we should at least have a basic understanding of.
This is one of the rare times when what the Congress does is a life-and-death matter. The other life-and-death matter is that of sending troops into battle.
In recent days, there’s been the start of an uprising that’s demanding that we get things right, not that we get this voted on quick before President Obama’s political capital is spent.
President Obama frequently talked about the need for transparency, something that I didn’t take seriously. Now that he’s president, he’s proven that he’s one of the most secretive presidents in U.S. history. Especially with this issue, that isn’t acceptable.
President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, it’s time these bills were published ASAP and updated daily. It’s more than possible. It’s what We The People, aka your bosses, demand. If our demands aren’t met, I’d suggest that people who stood in the way should start preparing for retirement. We’re sick and tired of bills getting voted on that legislators haven’t read. We’re sick of the fact that we’re being kept in the dark.
Publish the bills or risk being put into involuntary early retirement next November. It’s just that simple.
Technorati Tags: Reforms, Health Care, Transparency, Kennedy-Dodd, Max Baucus, Henry Waxman, President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, Sunlight, Election 2010
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Why would the donks want to publish the proposed legislation? It would only rile up we who are on the “man-made disaster” list over at DHS.
Transparency, my behind!
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Not only publish the bill (and all bills), publish the name(s) of who attaches amendments to all bills. I am way past tired of finding crazy crap voted and signed into legislation due to being attached to another bill that had no relevance.
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