Pence Calls on Pelosi to Reveal Special Deals in Health Care Bill

There is only one slight problem with this request -- Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats would have to read the bill first and she has already said they have to pass the bill before anyone knows what is in the bill. In some ways she is right because they passed a 'shell' bill out of committee.

Pence is 100% correct we need to know what the special deals are in this. This is no way to conduct the business of the American people. We expect to continue to hear crickets chirping from the Speaker of the House who we believe her days are numbered until she is ousted in January 2011 either by Republicans taking control (preferred) or the Democrats choosing a new speaker if they have the nerve.

Pence Calls on Pelosi to Reveal Special Deals in Health Care Bill

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today in response to a recent report, citing unnamed Democrat sources, which says Democrat leaders are no longer accepting changes to their plan for a government takeover of health care:

"A recent report alerts Members of Congress that the ‘trading post' for health care deal making has closed. For weeks now Democrat leaders have traded special deals for votes and in the process have traded away any hope of passing meaningful health care reform that the public can support. The American people don't want a government takeover of health care and they certainly don't want one full of special breaks for some states at the expense of every other state.

"The American people are right to wonder what kind of backroom deals have been made to bring this plan for a government takeover of health care to the president's desk. More than three years ago Speaker Pelosi promised the American people a new direction and its time she made good on her promise. House Republicans have offered the American people a fresh start on spending by imposing a unilateral ban on all earmarks. I renew my call on Speaker Pelosi to renounce all earmarks and I further request that all special deals in the health care bill be made public immediately."