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Quote:Senate bill weighs in at 2,074 pages
In the Battle of the Health Bills, the Senate wins out, bulk-wise – weighing in at 2,074 pages.

The House health reform bill was a mere 1,990 pages when introduced.

That means the Senate bill -- like the one in the House -- runs more pages than War and Peace, and has nearly five times as many words as the Torah.

The table of contents alone is 14 pages.

“Read the bill!” was a rallying cry of some health reform opponents over the summer. And if Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) gets his way, senators will get a chance to hear every word of it. He’s threatening to the read the legislation from start to finish, which by some estimates could take as long as 48 hours.

http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/S...ml?showall

You know...this thing's gonna pass...

The question now becomes:

What can be done to undo the damage this will wreak?
Can subsequent legislation be written to modify previous legislation that straddles the same ground?

I know amendments can be made to the Constitution, but what about legislation?

Obviously taxes go up and down, so there must be some precedent...

We need the legal eagles on this...