A few months ago, I met a woman who worked at the Library of Congress, and she mentioned that she worked on their web site.

I had a hard time restraining myself, because I would like to go across the street to that building and knock some heads when it comes to the multiple steps involved in doing what should be something simple.

So, since several people have asked how they can download the bill, here is your list of instructions.

* Go to http://thomas.loc.gov

* Top center, you will see four bills highlighted in yellow. Click on H.R. 3962, which is the House bill that was just approved.

* On the next page, click on "Text of Legislation"

* Then you will see more data with "There are 2 versions of Bill Number H.R. 3962 for the 111th Congress." The first one is the bill as originally drawn up, so click on the second one:

"Affordable Health Care for America Act (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)[H.R.3962.EH]"

* Now you have reached a page of hyperlinks that will take you to each section of the bill. If you still want the entire bill, look for "GPO's PDF display" on the left if you want the PDF copy, or "Printer Friendly Display" on the upper right.

Now you ask, why can't I give you a standard link? That's because most of the links from the Library of Congress web site expire after a certain amount of time.

And just think, it only took four days to put that up on the web!