Obviously I’m thinking of the infrastructure bill — which is a monstrosity that nobody has read, and on which there haven’t been any hearings or public comment — but this has been a long-standing problem that both parties have abused. <\/p>\n
Do you remember Pelosi saying, re: Obamacare, “you have to pass it to see what’s in it”? Unfortunately, that’s the new reality. <\/p>\n
I would like to see some sort of sliding scale based on the length of a bill and how much money is at stake. E.g., 10 pages or less, and not much money, you can vote on it the next day. 11 pages to 100 pages, you need two days. 101 pages to 500 pages, you need a week. If it’s over $1 billion, you need at least a month, and there have to be public hearings. Etcetera. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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