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W. Todd Akin: Well, I'm not exactly sure of that. My understanding was the bill was supposed to be released 24 hours from the day that…

On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
Well, I'm not exactly sure of that. My understanding was the bill was supposed to be released 24 hours from the day that they're talking about it, and the only thing I'd seen earlier this morning was outlines, and the outlines, of course, the Congressional Budget Office can't score it. And it appears to be very much the same thing as the Senate health care bill is everything we can tell. We've been told that there aren't special deals in it, and yet as we take a look at it, we find that there are. Somebody managed to take a look at the ones that were there before and a lot of them are still there. The Louisiana Purchase is still in it, as I understand.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Feb 24, 2010

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The speaker is discussing concerns about the transparency and content of a health care bill.

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