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Today in Congress

Posted by Lovely 252 days ago
The House is not in session today. In the Senate, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: Convenes: 9:45am. Resume debate on motion to proceed to HR3590. , legislative vehicle for Health Care Reform. There will be no roll call votes during Friday’s session of the Senate. Debate time will be controlled as follows: 10-11am Majority 11am-12pm Republicans 12-1pm Majority 1-2pm Republicans 2-3pm Majority 3-4pm Republicans 4-5pm Majority 5-6pm Republicans 6-7pm Majority 7-8pm Republicans 8-9pm Majority 9-10pm Republicans 10-10:30pm Majority 10:30-11pm Republicans So Coburn has crapped out. on his bid to force a full reading of the Senate substitute on the health insurance reform bill. Why? Well, it's a smart trade for everyone. Frankly, it just wasn't gonna take all that long to read the thing, and no one was likely to sit through more than a few minutes of it on C-SPAN. So he traded away the virtually valueless obstructionism for some substance. Rather than force every possible

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