The House Democratic Leadership’s Commitment To Transparency

by Pejman Yousefzadeh

It is no commitment at all:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was “absolutely” committed to doing so.

A competent, functioning press corps would be raising a big stink concerning this issue.

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- March 21, 2010 -

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