Representatives and Senators should never be allowed to pass a bill they haven’t bothered to read. This should be obvious enough. But still they vote away for things they don’t understand, and in fact can’t be bothered to understand.
It has now gotten so bad that they vote for bills they haven’t even bothered to name.
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2010/08/08/senate-passes-the-______act-of____-no-foolin/
Take a look for yourself. Down toward the bottom of this page in the Congressional Record, it says, “SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the “_______Act of______”. (The Library of Congress’ Thomas reporting system picked that up as the “XXXXXXAct ofXXXX,” so that’s how it shows up on our site.)
Well, THAT’s the amendment they brought up and passed, so the new name of the bill is the “_______Act of______.”
One Response to “The Politics of Blank Checks”
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We need to reinstate the requirement that elected officials be able to read English.
Oh? That was never a law? Yeah, I can tell.
I think they lack the ability to understand anything of what they are doing. When I see something different demonstrated by the congresscritters, I’ll change my opinion.