I travelled down to Kentucky last Friday to meet with Dr. Rand Paul, son of Congressman Ron Paul, and candidate for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky. I was there to discuss our Downsize DC Agenda proposals — the Read the Bills Act, etc. We met at a coffee shop. I just arrived after four hours…
It seems like the more the American people demand that Congress slow down and read its bills, the more Congressional leaders arrogantly counter with mammoth legislation they want to pass in a hurry. The latest example is the 1,900 page healthcare monstrosity the House leadership unveiled last week. They want a vote on it this…
The partisans on both sides are using “reading the bill” as a sign of moral superiority. They’re jabbing each other over who’s read the healthcare bill more carefully, as the Joe Wilson controversy indicates. As originators of the Read the Bills meme, we consider this a sign of progress. It means that public pressure in…
Here’s a great video of Rand Paul speaking at Fancy Farm 2009. At 2:45 he says that if he is elected into the US Senate, he will introduce legislation that says that you cannot consider any legislation that you have not read. Wishing the best to Mr. Rand Paul!
Judiciary Chairman John Conyers sees no point in lawmakers reading 1,000-page health bill–unless they have two lawyers to interpret it for them. For those that think reading the bills is pointless, it’s obvious that they have forgotten that they have been elected to represent the people. Let’s take this video as a reminder to fire…
A commenter over at Ed Brayton’s Dispatches from the Culture Wars blog details why he… …strongly reject(s) the “Read the Bill Act”[link added] for three primary reasons and some minor reasons as well: Such opposition is so rare that it presents an opportunity. Let’s look at his opposition points… 1) Bills should be fleshed out…
The ‘Cap and Trade Bill’ was the most recent example of why we need to be pushing the ‘Read the Bills Act (RTBA)’. That specific bill had 309 pages added to it at around 3AM the night before it was to be voted on. Personally, it’d take me a while to read 309 pages. So…