Posted on 03/12/2022 5:19:27 PM PST by RandFan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in light of the recent release of the $1.5 trillion spending package, U.S. Senator Rand Paul renewed his calls for the Senate to pass his Read the Bills resolution (S. Res. 20), which would provide sufficient time for legislation to be thoroughly reviewed.
Dr. Paul’s resolution would require bills, amendments, and conference reports to be filed for 1 day for every 20 pages before they can be considered, while leaving legislators room to act in emergencies.
“Do you think there is a single person in the U.S. who believes that Congress is filled with speed readers capable of digesting thousands of pages in a matter of hours?” said Dr. Paul. “The 2471-page omnibus with a $1.5 trillion price tag that was released in the middle of the night is a perfect example of why Congress needs time to read the bills.”
If Dr. Paul’s resolution was enacted, the current omnibus bill would take 123.5 days to be called for a vote in the Senate.
"I stand by my pledge to increase transparency and accessibility in the U.S. Senate, and my resolution will not only give members ample time to read all legislation before they vote but also incentivize legislation to be shorter,"said Dr. Paul.
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You don’t have representative government if the representatives pass laws they don’t read. Frankly, every law passed without a review by lawmakers should be unconstitutional under Article IV, Section 4.
You’re damn right!
Most people could tolerate witnessing the making of pungent sausage than witnessing just how laws are made by their elected representatives.
That, and they need to ban the phrase, “...and for other purposes.”
As it is now, all SORTS of contrary and unrelated mischief can be hidden in the oceans of verbiage.
Simple: One Bill, One (clear) Purpose.
Better- pass a law that no bill can be more tan 5 pages of standard newspaper print.
One bill, one purpose, with the purpose clearly stated in the bill’s title. Also, a maximum of 2,000 words, and if more than 5% of the original words are changed before passage, the bill must be scrapped and a new bill drafted.
Exactly. Every bill should be stand alone. No more of this fraudulent graft.
Giving yourselves a 21% raise now is a very big no no
“...1 day for every 20 pages...”
I took a speed-reading course in the 60s. It really does work. A clever congressman/senator could hire a speed reader to work on his staff to keep crap like this from happening.
Not if the press refuses to report it.
Why? They can vote no.
“A clever congressman/senator could hire a speed reader to work on his staff to keep crap like this from happening.”
The congressional staff writes the bills in concert with lobbyists. Your representative’s staff members are part of the process, ensuring that the earmarks, donor payoffs, or perks your representative is most interested are inserted into the thousands of pages no one reads. Each Congress critter does the same. The vote is simply a rubber stamp on a theft from the taxpayer in which they all collaborate.
If Congresscritters had two months to read a bill, most would not read it.
All it takes is ONE person to object to the unanimous consent required to dispense reading the bills. Man up and object; don’t just complain.
The congressional staff writes the bills in concert with lobbyists. Your representative’s staff members are part of the process, ensuring that the earmarks, donor payoffs, or perks your representative is most interested are inserted into the thousands of pages no one reads. Each Congress critter does the same. The vote is simply a rubber stamp on a theft from the taxpayer in which they all collaborate.
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Excellent summation of the systematic theft masquerading as a bill. Every agency and every process of government is corrupt beyond redemption.
this
What a foolish idea. If the do something like that it would take forever to get anything passed and Congress would grind to a halt...
Ooh. Never mind.
If an average person cannot read and understand the law in a reasonable amount of time, it is not the law.
It an instrument for the rich, powerful and connected to take advantage of others.
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