The 88th General Assembly
has convened the 2012 fiscal session

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

NYT: Blue Dog Dems protest secrecy of healthcare talks

Congressman Mike Ross is quoted in this NY Times article this morning as being increasingly troubled by exclusion from the bill-writing process:
We don’t need a select group of members of Congress or staff members writing this legislation. We don’t want a briefing on the bill after it’s written. We want to help write it.