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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,523 posts)
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:23 AM Mar 2019

To slow down Democrats, Colorado Republicans requested a 2,000-page bill be read in its entirety.

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

To slow down Democrats, Colorado Republicans requested a 2,000-page bill be read in its entirety. But Democrats then decided to have the bill read by a computer at a speed incomprehensible to humans http://bit.ly/2F4m6gG via @denverpost


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SWBTATTReg

(23,973 posts)
2. Clever...having a computer read the bill ... got to keep this in mind for use in Wash DC in case...
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:45 AM
Mar 2019

repugs try some of their dirty tricks.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
3. How long would it take an actual human to read the bill outloud?
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:55 AM
Mar 2019

And would the repubs be able to stop the reading at any time with questions or motions?

TlalocW

(15,601 posts)
5. A middle school teacher introduced us to Moschitta's work
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 12:51 PM
Mar 2019

By playing parts of his comedy album, "Ten Classics in Ten Minutes," where he summarized everything from Moby Dick, Grapes of Wrath, Alice in Wonderland, etc. in about a minute each. Very funny stuff.

TlalocW

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