The Lobby Lobby

Conservative Dems, GOP Senators Lobby To Delay Health Reform

"A fundamental purpose of the Bunning bill, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) admitted during debate on the finance committee, was to give "the people that the providers have hired to keep up with all of the legislation" -- i.e. lobbyists from the health industry -- some breathing room.

'The thing I'm trying to point out,' Roberts said in defense of the Bunning amendment, 'is that we would have at least 72 hours for the people that the providers have hired to keep up with all of the legislation that we pass around here, and the regulations that we pass around here, to say, 'Hey, wait a minute. Have you considered this?' That's all I'm asking for.'"

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