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Who has actually read the bill?

The bill, for the time being, is 1,434 pages long.

And it’s still in the works.

This is a huge, trillion-dollar piece of legislature.

And there’s a nagging question: HAVE THE SENATORS READ IT?

According to one of my Senate contacts, the answer is, no:

No one on the GOP side of the Senate has seen final text of the stimulus bill. It could come really late tonight. There will be a bunch of staffers who won’t be sleeping tonight.

But the chances are slim to none that any Senator will have gone through the bill. Sad but true.

I am outraged that this is going on.

By the way, Obama will sign the bill as soon as the Senate sends it back to him. There will be NO five-day waiting period.

UPDATE
Democrats Break Unanimously-Approved 48 Hour Review Rule, Allow One Night to Read 1,434-page “Stimulus” Before Vote

That would leave 15 1/2 hours, or 930 minutes, for consideration of the 1,434-page conference report before floor action on the bill commences — one and a half pages a minute from now until the morning, with no stops for any reason whatsoever.

I’m a fast reader but not that fast.

Update 2 Schumer’s used to not reading what he votes for, though.

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Via Larwyn,
Why Are Lobbyists Getting Copies of the Stimulus Before Congressional Offices?
The Dems have their priorities, that’s why.

UPDATE, Friday 13 February
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5 Responses to “Who has actually read the bill?”

  1. Pray Your Members of Congress Took Speed Reading Lessons : The Sundries Shack Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    [...] is now 7 PM and the Democrats in Congress have yet to give their Republican counterparts a copy of the final Stimulus Bi… for them to read. Steny Hoyer says that the House is going to move toward a vote starting at 9 AM [...]

  2. The Most Transparent Government In History · Snapped Shot Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    [...] made a very wise decision. Thanks for voting in such honest leaders, America. (h/t Dan Riehl and Fausta) http://snappedshot.com//archives/3530-The-Most-Transparent-Government-In-History.html · [...]

  3. Pat Patterson Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:08 am

    Well, it’s still some 1900 pages less than Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. But I don’t thing either will keep one from becoming suicidal before finishing.

  4. GayPatriot » Transparency to the Democrats Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 3:01 am

    [...] no, it seems lobbyists will get a copy of the bill before Congress does.  And they’ll have only one …. One night to read a 1,400 page document? One blogger reckoned they’d have to be speed [...]

  5. US Stim Package: How fast can you read 1100 pages? « Alice the Camel Says:
    February 14th, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    [...] (video found at Fausta’s where there’s more) [...]