Senator Patty Murray to Republicans: hold a damn hearing on your secret Obamacare repeal bill. Credit: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Senator Patty Murray to Republicans: hold a damn hearing on your secret Obamacare repeal bill.
Senator Patty Murray to Republicans: hold a damn hearing on your secret Obamacare repeal bill. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Maybe you saw Senator Claire McCaskill demanding that Senate Republicans actually hold a hearing before they try to repeal Obamacare. Well, Washington State Senator Patty Murray has added her voice to that demand in the Senate Health Committee, where she serves as the top Democrat:

It’s not quite as passionate a cry for transparency as the one from Senator McCaskill, but it’s a reminder to keep your eye on both the Russia-related investigations and the secretive Senate effort to undo Obamacare.

(The Republican justification for the no-hearing, behind-closed-doors push to get a repeal bill: “We aren’t stupid.”)

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