Forty Republican Senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid demanding he release the text of the bill he sent to the Congressional Budget Office for scoring.

The signed letter to Senator Reid from 40 GOP Senators is here as a .pdf.

Here it the text of the letter:

“On Monday, you announced that you had sent health care legislation to the Congressional Budget office (CBO).  As you know, this legislation will have a profound impact on the lives of every American, including the next generation who will be forced to pay for it. Our national debt stands at nearly $12 trillion, with a deficit of $1.4 trillion.  The health care bill will likely be more than 1,000 pages long and is the single most important legislation we will consider and debate this year in Congress.

With an issue this large and complex, we need full transparency at every stage in the legislative process. President Obama was elected, in part, on his promise to bring greater transparency to the workings of the federal government.  The American people and every member of Congress should be allowed to read the bill that was sent to CBO.  The bill should be made available for taxpayers to read and learn how the federal government is spending their money.  We are writing to request that you immediately make all materials sent to CBO publicly available on the internet.”