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With Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats unveiling their 1,990 page health care reform bill – it made us wonder about other landmark pieces of legislation in U.S. history and how long they were.

• The original draft of the 1935 Economic Security Act, which established the Social Security Administration was 64 pages

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – forbidding discrimination based on race and sex: 8 pages

• The 19th amendment to the Constitution, giving Women the right to vote in 1920: 1 page

• The Emancipation Proclamation, with which Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863: 5 pages

• Or, if you really want to get back to basics: The Declaration of independence came in at 1 page in 1776

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