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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
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There is no transparency issue.
Obama's 2010 budget proposal, which includes the health care reform initiative, has been on the
WH website since he sent it to Congress several weeks ago.
The budget proposal is being debated in various committees in both the House and Senate and the Republicans are not excluded from the debate nor from offering amendments.
The Democrats are considering using a parliamentary procedure that was used by Republicans in the past to prevent the Senate from forcing a 60 vote threshold.
It may not represent "change" but the hypocrisy is the Republicans bitching about a procedure they used themselves (mostly notably to get Bush's tax cuts enacted)