Read the Bill Act
July 9, 2006 12:23 PM
Posted at Washington Syndrome:
Cool idea, via the Left Coaster
When I was at YearlyKos, I found out about a bill that is so sensible that there's probably no way to get it passed under today's Rubber-stamp Congress. Nevertheless, we should learn about it and then ask our representatives to support the Read the Bill act. What it requires: bills must be posted online for 72 hours before a vote. What an idea. Think about what it would do to earmarks. Either you publicly make the case for your special project or it doesn't get funded.
A great conservative proposition. At first I thought it was just going to require the members themselves to read the bills, but this is even better. I'm in.
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