Comments on: Will Congress Read Bills Before Voting?

[kansas1946]

Only one congressman read the Patriot Act, and it shows. Congress should pass nothing that they have not read every page of. If they think it is too much work, then go home. I am getting a little tired of hearing about what a hard job it is.

[nottellin1]

www.usa.gov or

http://thomas.loc.gov/

select the print version

[nottellin1]

Sadly, this is too true. We're doomed as doomed can be you know!

[nottellin1]

www.usa.gov has been around long before Obama, gasp, even while Bush was in office!

[nottellin1]

I guess you didn't notice that the only two signatures on the bpledge thus far are Republicans.

[ceceri1]

Are you really that partisian and arrogent that you don't believe the American people have the right to know what is in a bill? We the people are in charge!!! We have a right to know what is in these bills. What about transparency? It is our right as American citizens to have acess to these bills. This is what makes us a democracy not a socialist society. Even Obama talked about transparency why can't you?

[emaniacle]

I just downloaded the bill to read. I work in the engineering field and even I can't comprehend what's in the bill quickly enough to vote on it as scheduled. There's no way a speed reader can read it, decipher it and put it in terms the legislators can understand. You can find the bill here: http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr2454_sub.pdf

[specialty8]

Lets hope they do , we have seen the results of the stimulis Obama slamed through,I have my doubts he even read it. Now they are playing the same games with our health care.

[zonkzilla]

I went to a plastic surgeon years ago and had a look of total permanent shock and suprise put on my face that way if Congress ever read legislation before voting on it or quit taking bribes, my expression would not change.

[jt92202]

One thing I see here is this is not the "D's" against the "R's" and I really like that, it's time we come together on these issues and tell Washington and our State governments we are tired of the status quo! That's what many thought they were saying when the GOP got kicked to the curb, now it's time to do the same to the Dem's and vote in the proper people to do the job! Don't care if they have a D or a R or a I or a G(reen) behind their names just do the job and do it for the people not for their pocketbooks or their friends pocketbooks!!

DO YOUR JOB AND READ THE BILLS THAT ARE PLACED ON YOUR DESK TO VOTE ON, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WERE HIRED FOR!!!!!!!!!! THEN YOU CAN KEEP YOUR JOB!!!!!