Process II

On Monday, we saw John Conyers belittling the idea of reading the bills. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has a different take:

• The committee system
• Hearings and celebrity testimony
• Markup
• Reporting the HEAR Act
• A committee report 
• Rules Committee
• The end of open rules in the House 
• Motion to proceed -- health care example
• Filling the tree -- Cruz gets personal
• Senate floor debate can get ... testy