UPDATE IV: 5PM EASTERN TIME - Rockefeller starts kicking butt. Teehee!...
(EARLIER)Yvette Fontenot is talking right now - senate finance committee professional staff member. Oh wait... now David Schwartz is talking - he is also a Senate Finance Committee professional staff member.
They are reading off the various amendments in detail. Baucus is sometimes being a bit of a tool.
UPDATE III: This is fascinating stuff, folks. They're going through each little detail of the proposed amendments to the Baucus bill. I wonder, if the Baucus bill fails, and we wind up going reconciliation, will this meeting have been rendered a complete waste of time? Cheers.
UPDATE: here is the Senate Finance Committee Markup MOTHERSHIP:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Anyway, just thought we should be talking about this. Will update with any pertinent clips or info as it comes in. C-SPAN3! hAVE AT it...
UPDATE: Here's the opening statement from earlier today: