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  1. Sen. McConnell speaking in the Senate now regarding Dem effort to jam through #HCR, including changing precedents
  2. By proceeding to the defense approps bill, the majority leader took the Senate off the #HCR bill temporarily
  3. RT @bccohan RT @senatus: Reid appears to be filing cloture & filling the amd tree on the Defense Approps bill. ///He did.
  4. The Dem #HCR bill starts taxing right away, but the benefits don't kick in until 2014. The Hutchison/Thune motion to commit would fix that.
  5. Now that Dems have pulled down their own amendment, they're voting to kill the Thune/Hutchison amendment.
  6. Parliamentarians ruled that Sen. Sanders could withdraw his amendment, so reading stopped. More info to follow.
  7. AP: Health care overhaul bill slowed by read-a-thon http://tinyurl.com/ykuquu9 #HCR
  8. RT @Senate_GOPs: Security Can’t Take a Back Seat to Symbolism http://bit.ly/6UHwb8
  9. RT @chucktodd: Just 32% in the poll believe POTUS' health care plan is a "good idea," 47% say it's a "bad idea." Highest "bad idea" yet.
  10. Update: Less than 50 pages were read in the first hour of reading the Sanders amendment. #HCR
  11. Plurality (47 pct) say #HCR bill a "bad idea," just 32 say "good idea." http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/16/2153563.aspx
  12. NBC #HCR poll: By a 44-41 percent margin, respondents say it would be better to keep the current system than to pass Obama's health plan.
  13. It will take several hours. #HCR
  14. The Senate Republican leadership insisted on a reading of the entire Sanders amendment (767 pages) #HaveYouSeenTheBill?
  15. Sen. McConnell press conference now in Senate radio/tv gallery on public opposition to Democrats' #HCR proposals. #HaveYouSeenTheBill?
  16. McConnell on the Gitmo North decision: “politicians in Illinois are trumpeting this decision — get this — as a jobs program." #GItmo
  17. Sen. McConnell: The problem Democrats are having (on #HCR) is the fundamental opposition of the American people #HaveYouSeenTheBill?
  18. Sen. McConnell will speak on the Senate floor soon re: American opposition to the Dem #HCR bill, and on Gitmo North. #HaveYouSeenTheBill?
  19. @OKnox nail-biter!
  20. Also, remember, the new version of the Democrats' #HCR bill, thousands of pages worth, still hasn't been made public. #HaveYouSeenTheBill?