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Author    Post   twotap F L I N T O I D Updated January 05, 2010 C-SPAN Challenges Congress to Open Health Care Talks to TV Coverage FOXNews.com The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves. The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves. C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb wrote to leaders in the House and Senate Dec. 30 urging them to open "all important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings," to televised coverage on his network. "The C-SPAN networks will commit the necessary resources to covering all of the sessions LIVE and in their entirety," he wrote. Congressional leaders, however, reportedly are expected to bypass the traditional conference committee process, in which lawmakers from both parties and chambers meet to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill. Instead, The Associated Press reports that top Democrats at the House, Senate and White House will figure out the final product in three-way talks before sending it back to both chambers for a final vote. This format would seem ideal for closed-door meetings, which congressional Democrats have used many times to figure out sensitive provisions in the health care bill -- though President Obama pledged during the campaign to open up health care talks to C-SPAN's cameras. "That's what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are," Obama said at a debate against Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2008. Lamb urged Congress in his letter to fling open the doors in the final stretch of the negotiations. "President Obama, Senate and House leaders, many of your rank-and-file members, and the nation's editorial pages have all talked about the value of transparent discussions on reforming the nation's health care system," he wrote. "Now that the process moves to the critical stage of reconciliation between the chambers, we respectfully request that you allow the public full access, through television, to legislation that will affect the lives of every single American." Lamb said his network would use "the latest technology" to be "as unobtrusive as possible" during the talks. _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:02 pm  Dave Starr F L I N T O I D Open and ethical. yup. _________________ I used to care, but I take a pill for that now. Pushing buttons sure can be fun. When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way. Paddle faster, I hear banjos. Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:16 pm  twotap F L I N T O I D Well pelosi set them straight. Pelosi tells C-SPAN: 'There has never been a more open process' By Eric Zimmermann and Michael O'Brien - 01/05/10 03:29 PM ET House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Congress' work on a healthcare bill Tuesday saying the process has displayed historic transparency as C-SPAN mounted an effort to open negotiations to TV cameras. Pelosi said Congress had been transparent throughout the process. "There has never been a more open process for any piece of legislation," Pelosi said at a press conference. RELATED ARTICLES •C-SPAN asks Dems to televise health negotiations But she also hinted that holding informal negotiations--likely without TV cameras--might be the most practical way to push the legislation through. "We will do what is necessary to pass the bill," she said. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), assistant to the Speaker, said the healthcare bill had been "subjected to unprecedented level of public scrutiny." Pressed on whether C-SPAN cameras would be allowed in negotiations, Van Hollen hedged. "We don't even know if there's going to be a conference committee," he said, alluding to the likelihood that Democrats will reconcile the two bills behind closed doors. Dizzy dimwit cant even remember the date of her last facelift. 2010 here we come _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:55 pm    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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