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Vote Republicrat asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Should Congress read bills and understand them before voting on them?

Update:

http://www.infowars.com/demint-over-90-percent-of-...

Before you bash the source, it's a video of Jim Demint. He says over 90% of bills in the Senate are passed with no debate and no role call vote.

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  • Ð4MÃN!™ (End the Fed!)
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    Yes, they should.

    At times, they are not even given sufficient time to do so.

    Did anyone have time to read the 2,000+ page health care reform bill?

    Of course not...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Kind of like the Patriot Act? Yes

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes all bills should be read fully and understood.

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  • Sock Monkey
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You mean they don't have to do it NOW ???

    Nothing like a bunch of lawyers that don't know how the laws work.

  • Scott Monster
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Oh hell yes! Its the job we voted for them to do!

  • ?
    1 decade ago

    then nancy pelosi would have to learn to read...what kind of a racist are you?

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