How is it possible that the rules to have the full bill read before the vote be avoided? I thought the Senate rules were that if a single senator asked to have it read, it must be read.
Has the senate altered its rules? Who is holding a gun to the head of all the senators so nobody requests the reading?
Somebody tell me truthfully that the procedures have not altered so much in recent years? Please.
Basically so. At some point the leader will proffer a unanimous consent request that includes waiving the reading. Absent objection, the reading is waived.
I have seen only one bill of any length read from the floor, and maybe 10 short ones (paragraph or so), in about 2 years of watching daily. The procedures haven't changed.
That would certainly be the democratic thing to do. Is this still a Republic anymore?
This bill is absolutely Marxist and it's being pushed through in a very authoritarian manner.
These are extremely serious warning signs for all Americans.