Colorado

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts) Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:23 AM Mar 2019

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

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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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To slow down Democrats, Colorado Republicans requested a 2,000-page bill be read in its entirety. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 OP

Cheese Ball Politics. What? Did they take lessons from the Republican controlled WI legislature? Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #1

Clever...having a computer read the bill ... got to keep this in mind for use in Wash DC in case... SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #2

How long would it take an actual human to read the bill outloud? Merlot Mar 2019 #3

Here is video from the statehouse floor of that bill being read: mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 #4

A middle school teacher introduced us to Moschitta's work TlalocW Mar 2019 #5

It must be what they always called The Long Bill eleny Mar 2019 #6

Update: Judge rules Democrats can't use computers to combat GOP efforts to slow Colorado Senate TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #7

Firestorm49

(4,195 posts)

1. Cheese Ball Politics. What? Did they take lessons from the Republican controlled WI legislature?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:29 AM

Mar 2019

SWBTATTReg

(24,085 posts)

2. Clever...having a computer read the bill ... got to keep this in mind for use in Wash DC in case...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:45 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?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:55 AM

Mar 2019

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

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts)

4. Here is video from the statehouse floor of that bill being read:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:09 AM

Mar 2019

TlalocW

(15,624 posts)

5. A middle school teacher introduced us to Moschitta's work

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:51 AM

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

eleny

(46,166 posts)

6. It must be what they always called The Long Bill

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 04:56 PM

Mar 2019

Because the state budget bill was so long.

TexasTowelie

(116,765 posts)

7. Update: Judge rules Democrats can't use computers to combat GOP efforts to slow Colorado Senate