Thread: C-SPAN wants health care negotiations televised

Jan 05, 2010

C-SPAN wants health care negotiations televised

12:40 PM
By Dennis Cook, AP

As the congressional battle over health care enters its final stages, our colleagues at On Politics report that Brian Lamb, the CEO of C-SPAN, has sent a letter asking congressional leaders of both parties to "open all important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings, to electronic media coverage."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... elevised/1

I second that motion.

Sounds like a great idea.

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C-SPAN: Healthcare Talks Should Be Televised

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-184004.html

I was hoping that someone in congress would respond to this today but I haven't seen a response yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Let the cameras in: Calling Pelosi's blinky bluff

By Michelle Malkin • January 5, 2010 05:33 PM

Normally, I’d wonder how a politician could tell such a bald-faced lie while keeping a straight face.

But it’s Nancy Pelosi, so she was undoubtedly able to maintain that same, blink-blink-blinky expression she always has without any difficulty at all. Via The Hill:

[quote]Pelosi tells C-SPAN: ‘There has never been a more open process’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Congress’ work on a healthcare bill Tuesday saying the process has displayed historic transparency, just as C-SPAN mounts an effort to open the negotiations.

C-SPAN wrote a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday asking that TV cameras be allowed to film negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of healthcare reform legislation.

But Pelosi said Congress has already been transparent throughout the process.

“There has never been a more open process for any legislation,â€