Harry Reid: Stop Complaining That The Bill Has Too Many Pages

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) complains that Republicans have expressed concerns about the size and complexity of health care legislation being written by Democrats.

Reid ridicules the concern and condescends about Congress' recent trend of passing massive unread 1000 page+ bills.

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[philtay]

Idiot. How dare we question the bill King obama wants.

[connecticutmommmy]

Yes Harry, that's the only complaint. Too many pages. Not the words on the pages, just too much paper being used or something like that.

Although, I do recall some dems saying that they didn't intend to read such a big bill.

[Celticsbball15]

the republicans are just trying to save some trees. you would think a democrat could understand such an initiative

[Celticsbball15]

nevada do the rest of the country a long overdue favor and vote this guy out!!

[Boomer1949]

Bullshit!! I've read the bill and there's no "legalese", have you read it, or even looked at it. Sure you have to refer backward and forward in the bill to comprehend some of the passages but even a half as gamer can do that.

[Boomer1949]

Thanks for say again what I've been telling people for at least a couple of months now. The pages of the bill have 24 lines of text, in large type, about one quarter of the number of lines in text on a pocket novel and they are counting the number on the page rather than read the dam bill..

[ChichiriMuyo]

st4ticblu3 - They're also written in legalese which is significantly harder to decipher, especially if you aren't already a lawyer. Most politicians seem to not have a legal background. Also, it's not like a novel where you can simply assume what an oddly phrased sentence means. If someone votes for a bill because they didn't read it correctly there can be serious ramifications.

[VerbotenDingleberry]

I think Harry has had too many pages...

[czubspenx]

Our elected leaders are just a bunch of idiots.  No one trusts anything they say because the are always trying to deceive the American people. No wonder their ratings are so low.

[vllmer]

reid you Lie!

You-DEMS-tried to ram it through before the August recess SO NONE COULD READ IT.

AND, you broke DEM promise of MORE TRANSPARENCY-posting bills so people could see WHAT THEIR REPS ARE DOING TO THEM.

AND, after extremist libs couldn't do a budget that added up-several times over, after being called on it by the CBO, we get fragmented bills that will be voted on,

THEN CHANGED, ADDED TO OTHER BILLS, behind closed doors, the text constantly changing-

THIS ISN'T REPRESENTATIVE LAWMAKING

[MooseOfReason]

"What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages, and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?"

John Conyers, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee

[jeffofpa]

What bill is he talking about, from which committee? If he talking about the Baucus bill there is no bill from his committee.