yup... at least as long as you have to wait to buy a gun.
Posted on 09/26/2009 6:58:24 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
Voters want enough time to debate bills. Nancy Pelosi doesn't.
Polls show overwhelming agreement outside the Beltway that it's more important for Congress to get health-care reform done right than done quickly. A Polling Company survey conducted last month found 95% agreeing that members of Congress shouldn't vote on any bill they haven't read in full.
That's why the bipartisan duo of Rep. Brian Baird, a Washington Democrat, and Rep. Greg Walden, an Oregon Republican, came up with the "72-hour resolution," which would require all non-emergency legislation to be posted online, in final form, for at least 72 hours prior to a floor vote. "Members of Congress are too often asked to make decisions on bills that can be longer than telephone books and are only given a few hours to actually read them," says Rep. Baird. "Both parties are guilty, and both should stop doing it."
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BUMP that action!
Agreed!
720 hours is whats needed.
Should be more like 100 hours at least... but 72 would be a freaking good START! Beats the hell outta 45 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
72 Year waiting period... that’s what we really need.
Oh ZERO will go ballistic—no transparency and no alerting the public as to what is in the bills. I remember this Liar in Chief saying bills would be posted online for all to read!!!!!!!!!!!Where are the headlines on this now?
Is there a Republican out there who can bring this up?
A similar promise has likewise been broken. In a town hall meeting in the summer of 2008, Obama promised to have the negotiations about Health Care Reform, particularly those involving drug companies, televised on C-SPAN. Televising these negotiations was meant to ensure to Americans that the agreements reached were done so in their best interests rather than in those of the special interest groups. So far, only routine voting sessions of Congress have been televised, while the meetings where agreements are hammered out have remained behind closed doors. The sort of openness that Obama has stressed is so important in these crucial negotiations and has been non-existent.
I agree with you. 72 hours isn’t enough time to read the legislation, contact our representatives and receive back answers regarding questions.
Besides that, Candidate Obama said all legislation would be on the internet for a week before a vote is taken.
A bad law kills far, far more people than even the most enthusiastic mass murderer could ever hope to with any gun.
One bill a month. Pick one.
“72 Year waiting period... that’s what we really need.”
If this passes, that’s what you’ll get at your doctor’s office.
The only ones talking about it are the ones running to replace the current office holders. Which is WHY the current Office Holders are targeted for replacement.
PULL YUR HEADS OUT DC BUBBLEHEADS! Sheesh, you would think it was Atmospheric radiative theory or something, but don’t get me started on Global warming.....
Will Rogers
Actually, all they have to do is read the bill and publish it so that the public can also read it before they vote?
Alexis de Tocqueville
Yeah, but you know that one bill would cover over 700 unrelated topics and have as many pages as the tax code.
Should apply the same standards for legislation that Dem congress critters want to impose on gun owners: waiting period, one bill a month maximum, periodic proficiency testing (constitution, basic reading comprehension), mental stability test, etc.
Given that we absolutely don’t trust them... 72 hours is hardly enough. The people have to have time to do their due diligence, since no one else is doing it
What is the rush in passing laws? As far as I’m concerned all laws should require 2/3 majority vote in order to pass. We have too many as is.
yup... at least as long as you have to wait to buy a gun.
Yeah...and make the congresscritters subject to the same laws and mandates they create....no exceptions....
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