Twelve days ago I wrote an article that asked the question, “How long does it take to read 2000 pages?”  Now we have another 2000+ page Bill being pushed through the Senate.  Again, I ask you, how long does it take to read this Bill?  Well, thanks to Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) we may actually find out.

He has threatened to invoke parliamentary rules to force the Senate clerk (or more likely, a team of clerks) to read the massive bill before the full Senate begins formal debate on the legislation.  I think this is a brilliant idea and whole-heartedly agree with the Senator.  Here’s just a taste of what you would hear on CSPAN for 3 days straight.

‘‘(B) In the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection for the State, increased by 25 percent of the number of percentage points by which the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection.” [source]

WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?

But it gets better.  According to Senate Rule XIV (paragraph 2), which states that every bill and joint resolution “shall receive three readings prior to its passage,” we might get to hear it read aloud three full times.

Rest assured that the entire time it is being read the Democrats will make motion after motion, interrupting the reading of this “very important” and “historic” legislation only adding to the amount of time time it takes to actually read the damn thing.  This could take weeks!

See how long it takes you to read the Bill.  Download it [here], have fun.

– The Patriot