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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 27 > Find the time to read the bills before voting

Find the time to read the bills before voting


September 27, 2009

Dip too deeply into the workings of Congress and there are plenty of reasons to get perturbed.

Take voting on a bill. The way Congress works it's as if it's more important that a bill be voted on than actually read.

Members of Congress had about half a day to decide how to vote on the $700....

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