Health Care Negotiations Go Behind Closed Doors (340 hits)
Despite requests from the media, Democratic leadership refuses to publicize the reconciliation process. As House and Senate committee members prepare to possibly sit down and reconcile the two versions of health care reform, it appears Democrats will move to close the meetings to the public.
That's despite rules in both the House and Senate that ensure conference committee meetings be open to the public — and multiple promises made during the presidential campaign by President Obama that negotiations on health care would be an open process and televised.
After a meeting with her leadership team Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of the promise of transparency, "there were a number of things (Obama) was for on the campaign trail." The comment was seen as further proof she has no intention of opening the process to public scrutiny...
{ Why would Democratic leaders open the negotiations to the public so that the same circus can happen again as it did in the town hall meetings? Are these people serious? }
