Bill posting promises differ from bill posting rules

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In my story on congressional leaders resisting a formal rule requiring bills to be posted online for 72 hours, I left out a pledge by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to implement a three day waiting period before the House votes on health care reform legislation.

My story was about the rules, not individual promises, like Pelosi’s or one made by members of the Senate Finance Committee, which aren’t binding. Senate leaders have no plans to wait 72 hours before voting on their health care bill, though one senior aide said it would probably be made available for “more than 24 hours but less than 72 hours.”

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