the Sugar Conspiracy

Thursday, December 02, 2004

Petition #2

The Republican leadership is increasingly forcing votes on essential legislation without allowing review by representatives and senators. This usually means they have something to hide. For example, both the House and the Senate recently rushed through and passed a $388 billion, 3,000+ page spending bill. Members didn't have enough time to read, let alone critically analyze or discuss the bill. They ended up voting on literally hundreds of special interest provisions that would never survive public scrutiny or a standalone vote.

Congress used to follow a three-day rule, meaning that floor votes were not taken until three days after the printed final legislation was available to members and the public.

Representatives should not be forced to vote for bills they haven't read and the public should be given ample time to weigh in on such bills.

Tell your representative that they are failing in their public duty and cannot adequately represent you unless they read legislation before voting on it, and tell them to demand that the Republican leadership follow the traditional three-day rule in publishing proposing legislation before any floor vote.

posted by chris at 10:14 AM
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