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We’d like to believe that Senate Democrats’ watches simply weren’t working over the weekend, unfortunately it’s more likely they simply aren’t listening to their constituents’ calls for transparency. In October, eight Democrat Senators demanded that Sen. Harry Reid make the health care reform process a transparent one. They insisted on all legislative text and corresponding budget scoring being posted online for them and the American people to review at least 72 hours before a vote. In their desperate rush to ram this bill through before Christmas, however, they fell woefully short of their pledge. Democrats waited only 37 hours and 16 minutes between the introduction of Reid’s manager’s amendment and joining every other Dem in voting for Reid’s bill in this morning’s 1 AM vote.

Take action and contact Sens. Bayh, Landrieu, Lincoln, Lieberman, McCaskill, Nelson, Pryor, and Webb and let them hear what you think about them ramming through the Obama-Reid government-run health care experiment. And then let them know again in November.