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OP again -- at a minimum I want candidates who are bipartisan, which to means the actually listen to opposing ideas, and do the hard work of hashing things out, instead of [b]one side shoving legislation through a la ACA. [/b] Yes, the system was and remains flawed, but there was no real discussion.  I'd love to see configuration management (to borrow a term from IT) so that the name of anyone adding to or subtracting from a bill is known and recorded.  That way there no deniability about who wrote the legislation.  I want legislators to read bills before passing them, rather than waiting until it is passed before we know what's in it.  I think such a person could go a long way in terms of helping our country.[/quote]
ACA was debated with very public hearings for 15 mos. You lose credibility when you make statements like this. As you do when you revive the out-of-context statement about "knowing what's in the bill after passing it":
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-context-behind-nancy-pelosis-famous-we-have-to-pass-the-bill-quote/
[quote]“You’ve heard about the controversies, the process about the bill…but I don’t know if you’ve heard that it is legislation for the future – not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America,” she told the National Association of Counties annual legislative conference, which has drawn about 2,000 local officials to Washington. “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it – away from the fog of the controversy.”[/quote]

W.r.t. tracking changes, to the extent they are made to a bill that is already on the floor, they are tracked via amendments. It's not really practical to do that during the drafting process itself.

I'm starting to think you are just trying to stir controversy here. You are arguing along partisan lines, and you are making arguments that are completely inconsistent with the point of the article you posted.
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My original post was to learn what, if anything, is being done to unite people under the Democratic banner.  Even if I agreed with ACA, in whole or in part, the way it was passed was divisive, and ultimately counterproductive as efforts were/are under way to throw the baby out with the bath water.  The way it was handled was a huge turn off to me as a voter.  GOP has done similar, and they don't get my vote either.[/quote]

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