[napscoordinator]

Who would pay for it? That would be a huge undertaking because you can’t just throw the word perfect copy on the web...it would have to PDF at least. Sometimes people are just not reasonable or have any realistic understanding of life in the real world.

[Cboldt]

-- Who would pay for it? That would be a huge undertaking because you can’t just throw the word perfect copy on the web...it would have to PDF at least. --

All the material is posted already, in other words, we are already paying for it. It comes in plaintext, for the most pat, but also pdf (See Congressional record - all bills are published).

The only difference under discussion here is timing. Should the text be available to the public before the body votes on the language? It is typical for "hot" topics, to have the text available to the public, the day AFTER the vote is taken.

[boxerblues]

That would be a huge undertaking because you can’t just throw the word perfect copy on the web...it would have to PDF at least.

I highly doubt that the bills are actually typed out on a typewriter anymore, to convert to a PDF only take a minute or so. I work in printing and havent seen hardcopy originals for the past 5-7 years.

[knittnmom]

If it would impede their ability to push through bad legislation, I’m all for it. If they can’t figure out how to convert to pdf, too bad.

[WVKayaker]

Who would pay for it? We all pay for it. Let's see. When I want a PDF on my Mac, I just tell it I want a PDF instead of paper. I assume MS has the same feature by now.

Let's say it cost a million dollars to publish it on the web.

Let's say the proposal is for $1.3 TRILLION.

I'll put up a buck, and I'l give 10:1 odds I can get a million more by Monday!

[vaskypilot]

Bills are all ready available on http://thomas.loc.gov/
Congress just needs to put them up in time.

[Bhoy]

“Who would pay for it? That would be a huge undertaking because you can’t just throw the word perfect copy on the web...it would have to PDF at least.”

This is not a problem.