Now mandate that everybody must be present and awake for a complete and total reading of any bill they intend to vote on
That’ll learn ‘em to draft thousand page monstrosities.
And 2 new rules fro Speaker McCarthy:
Bills must be single issue....no amendments...or add on
Bills must be available for members for 72 hours before voting.
In his last years Congressman John Dingle used to have a young aide move his wheelchair into position and put his hands on Dingle’s drooping head to help him hold his head up to look at the voting going on and to help him signify aye or nay.
He retired at age 88 after serving 59 years -—record for the longest in US history. He died at age 92.
By the time Dingell retired on January 3, 2015, he had served 21,571 days in Congress, all of it in the House of Representatives. He had served with 2,453 different U.S. Representatives in his career. And 11 Presidents starting with Dwight Eisenhower.
He took over for his father who held the seat for 22 years.
An avid sportsman and hunter, he strongly opposed gun control, and was a former board member of the National Rifle Association. For many years, Dingell received an A+ rating from the NRA. Dingell helped make firearms exempt from the 1972 Consumer Product Safety Act so that the Consumer Product Safety Commission had no authority to recall defective guns. Dingell’s wife, Representative Debbie Dingell, introduced legislation in 2018 to remove this exemption from the law.
“everybody must be present and awake for a complete and total reading of any bill they intend to vote on”
I agree.. and further, require the bill’s sponsor(s) to explain - in detail - the Constitutional provisions that necessitate such legislation.
Followed by an hour or two Q and A to determine what unintended consequences are likely to result. Then vote.