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Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment

By on 12.16.09 @ 12:25PM

Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders -- and it's 767 pages.

Typically, Senators offering amendments will ask for unanimous consent to avoid reading the entire meausure, but all it takes is one Senator to object to demand its reading, and Coburn objected to Sanders attempt to dispense with the reading of the amendment.

To give you a sense of how this could delay things, it took the Senate clerk 18 minutes to get through the first 6 pages of the amendment, which were the table of contents. At this current pace, it will take 38 hours to get through the entire amendment.

You can follow along with the amendment here.

UPDATE: The body of the bill seems to be going faster than the table of contents, but it still looks likely to take at least 12 hours at this pace.

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Sen. Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Amendment - Sen. Baucus Admits Senators Don’t links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…the amendment be dispensed with” when Senator Bernie Sanders’ (admitted Socialist - VT) single-payer amendment, totalling 767 pages, was called up. According to one calculation, this could take 38 hours to read. Now, THIS is how you fight the kind of assault on freedom this healthcare monstrocity represents. Leave no tool unused - force the Democrats to face up to an American people who…

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…the amendment be dispensed with” when Senator Bernie Sanders’ (admitted Socialist - VT) single-payer amendment, totalling 767 pages, was called up. According to one calculation, this could take 38 hours to read. Now, THIS is how you fight the kind of assault on freedom this healthcare monstrocity represents. Leave no tool unused - force the Democrats to face up to an American people who…

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Sen. Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Amendment - Sen. Baucus Admits Senators Don’t links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…the amendment be dispensed with” when Senator Bernie Sanders’ (admitted Socialist - VT) single-payer amendment, totalling 767 pages, was called up. According to one calculation, this could take 38 hours to read. Now, THIS is how you fight the kind of assault on freedom this healthcare monstrocity represents. Leave no tool unused - force the Democrats to face up to an American people who…

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The (Endless) Sound of Single Payer - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…a run-down part of Brooklyn, it would be called "experimental theater." UPDATE: The body of the bill is going faster than expected. Revised estimates suggest that it will actually take between eight and 12 hours to complete the reading. Help Reason celebrate its next 40 years. Donate Now! StumbleUpon | Digg | Reddit | Twitter | Facebook Try Reason's award-winning print edition today! Your first issue is FREE if…

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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Coburn fires warning shot across Senate Democrats’ bow links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…option and Medicare buy-in couldn’t get 60 votes, let alone an explicit single-payer system.  However, Tom Coburn made it into news by following through on a warning from last month, as Philip Klein reports: Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders — and it’s 767 pages. Typically, Senators offering amendments…

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Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment « Robomonkey's Blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Senate are voting for it, but they haven’t been doing anything to fight it either… This is basically the equivalent of Obama’s famous “present” votes. Well, one Republican finally grew a pair and decided to be an obstructionist, at least for a dozen hours or so. Senator Tom Coburn, MD (R-OK) has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by…

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If it’s worth proposing it’s worth reading « DaTechguy's Blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…are shocked and Angry. Bernie Sanders proposed a 700+ page amendment and Tom Colburn objected to the waving of the reading of it. So right now on C-Span 2 the entire 700+ page Amendment is being read aloud. To give you a sense of how this could delay things, it took the Senate clerk 18 minutes to get through the first 6 pages of the amendment, which were the table of contents. At this current pace, it will…

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Sanders says “lets have a single payer system amendment”. Colburn says “how about you links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…option and Medicare buy-in couldn’t get 60 votes, let alone an explicit single-payer system.  However, Tom Coburn made it into news by following through on a warning from last month, as Philip Klein reports: Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders — and it’s 767 pages. Hot Air » Blog Archive » Coburn fires warning shot…

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…part 2 – Power Line (blog) Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. … Read Original Story: Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment – American Spectator (blog) A short time ago, Senator Tom Coburn (R-TX) objected to the the unanimous consent request that the “ reading of the amendment be dispensed with” when…

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Can They Read the 2074 Pages Next? « Just Americans Making Ethical Statements Weblog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Economy, Family values, Politics, socialism | Tags: American Spectator, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Medicare, Obama care, Sen. Tom Coburn, single payor system, universal health care Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment By Philip Klein on 12.16.09 @ 12:25PM Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders — and…

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…offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders — and it’s 767 pages. Typically, Senators offering amendments will ask for unanimous consent … Read Original Story: Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment – American Spectator (blog) Thanks to C-SPAN.org, we all can watch right now — if we wish — as the clerk of the Senate reads aloud a 767-page amendment to the health…

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Coburn Forces Reading Of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment – American Spectator « The D links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

Spectator « The Daley Gator The Daley Gator If you are LEFT, you just ain’t RIGHT Coburn Forces Reading Of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment – American Spectator Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders — and it’s 767 pages. Typically, Senators offering amendments will ask for unanimous consent…

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The Real Coburn Omnibus - Cultural Gadfly links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…For Those Of Us Who Think Midway Is Somewhere Between First And Second Base Dec 16 The Real Coburn Omnibus Written by Romulus. More by Romulus Add comments Via HotAir and Michelle Malkin, Coburn is doing something few Senators do: Keeping a promise: Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders — and it’s 767 pages. Typically,…

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How is Obamacare to be stopped? part 2 | America Watches Obama links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…unanimous consent.) Senator Sanders is, of course, as Rush Limbaugh likes to say, the Senate’s only admitted socialist. The Senate clerk is now reading Sanders’s proposed amendment. Philip Klein estimates that the reading will take as long as 38 hours. If our GOP Senate source’s background information on GOP tactics was on the money, Senator Coburn’s move — pleasing as it is in…

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How is Obamacare to be stopped? part 2 | No Bull. news service. links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…unanimous consent.) Senator Sanders is, of course, as Rush Limbaugh likes to say, the Senate’s only admitted socialist. The Senate clerk is now reading Sanders’s proposed amendment. Philip Klein estimates that the reading will take as long as 38 hours. If our GOP Senate source’s background information on GOP tactics was on the money, Senator Coburn’s move — pleasing as it is in…

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Passage, Productivity, Procedures, & Praise : 101 Dead Armadillos links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…care bill got interesting today when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a 767 page single-payer amendment to the bill. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) exercised his prerogative in the Senate and insisted that the bill be read, in its entirety, on the Senate floor. The Senate clerk began reading the bill at noon and three hours later they were less than 150 pages into the bill. Realizing his amendment lacked the…

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Mr. Smith–AKA Dr. Coburn Goes To Washington links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…and moral persons. This is a battle for our freedoms and the American way of life.  Stand tall and fight hard, Sen. Coburn.  We are with you. More about this story:  Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, and American Spectator. Tagged as: Alinsky's Rules For Radicals, Bernie Sanders, GOP health care plan, Health care, single-payer healthcare amendment, Tom Coburn Leave a Comment Name * E-mail * Website Notify me of…

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La Reforma de la Sanidad de Obama es una chapuza (y II) « Sarah Palin en Español links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Y el muy liberal y partidario de la opción pública Bernie Sanders decidió presentar el 16 de diciembre una enmienda para volver a introducir la opción pública en la propuesta de ley. Y el senador Tom Coburn, republicano, aprovechó para pedir que se leyese la enmienda completa en el senado, con el único fin de retrasar un poco el proceso. Sanders, como era de esperar, retiró la enmienda a las tres horas de…

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