One House Democrat is threatening to vote against his party's health reform bills if lawmakers are not given adequate time to read the bill.

Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.), one of the Democrats to sign onto an effort to require a 72-hour window for a bill to be posted online before a vote in Congress, said he might vote against a healthcare reform bill if that principle is not honored.

Baird told the Lewis County Chronicle that he would "absolutely" consider voting against a health bill if lawmakers are not afforded a 72 hour window.

Baird had joined Republicans in trying to force a vote on a discharge petition requiring the 72-hour window on all bills. When it comes to health reform legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said she supports the three-day window for members of Congress to review the law.

The Washington Democrat withheld his vote last week from a defense authorization bill containing some benefits for his district because he was not given a similar window to study the law.

“It’s not because I don’t care about the nation’s defense, but because we had 24 hours to read it," he told the Chronicle. "If you do care about national defense, shouldn’t you care enough to read it?”