Two committee markups on an Obamacare replacement appeared likely to last all night long, as Democrats tried to delay the process by offering dozens of their own amendments and demanding the bill’s text be read aloud.
By 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee had approved only one of the bill’s five sections over which it has jurisdiction, eleven hours after the hearing started.
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