So, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer announced that they were going to place the final health care bill online for... View Article
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Continue readingPelosi & Hoyer Say Final Health Care Bill To Be Online For 72 Hours
Last week, Jake wrote that “it is utterly imperative that the final version of the bill be online for the... View Article
Continue readingTurning Gruber’s Disclosure Failure Into A Future Disclosure Policy
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Continue readingReality Check — Health Care Negotiations
To require Congress to negotiate in public is to ban certain communications among Members of Congress. There’s a growing sense... View Article
Continue readingThe Nitty Gritty of Calling for 72 Hours for the Final Health Care Bill
As Jake wrote last week, the final version of the health care bill must be made publicly available for 72... View Article
Continue readingThe Final Health Care Bill. Online for 72 Hours. No Negotiation.
And as that debate unfolds, we're going to bump up against things we've simply never dealt with before. But in the debate of what's the right way to bring about transparency, one thing is eminently clear: the public and legislators alike MUST have time to read legislation before it's debated and be able to make their voice heard by their representatives as a result.
Continue readingShifting Legislative Dynamics & Transparency
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Earlier today, Jonathan Cohn broke the news that House and Senate Democrats are “almost certainly” going to bypass the official... View Article
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