Congress' Lack of Transparency is a Choice. People like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are right to call out the madness of the modern Congress. By John Hart and OpenTheBooks (12/19/24)
In this excellent short essay, John Hart and OTB react with disgust over the (thankfully defeated) 1,547-page continuing resolution bill dropped on legislators’ desks with demands they pass it without having time to review it. The authors explain how such actions project weakness and corruption to American taxpayers and our adversaries.
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This practice of passing unread bills is WRONG, but it’s business as usual and it must stop. To use some animal clichés, puns, and mixed metaphors:
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The bureaucratic bill-writing wolves in sheep's clothing are pulling the wool over legislators' eyes in order to sneak in pork spending that would curl anyone's hare.
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Legislators must ABANDON Nancy Pelosi’s approach to passing the monstrous Obamacare bill, in which she stated “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” posey.house.gov/news/do…
Though we're not always fans of AI, the technology is perfect for digging through massive bills to evaluate their content. Key quotes from the article:
The answer isn’t merely to restore regular order and pass bloated bills on time. Instead, Congress and DOGE should renovate government from the ground up using the Constitution as the blueprint. [ED NOTE: Amen!]
Taxpayers are delivering a simple message: Do your job. It’s time for a Mike Rowe approach to legislating. It’s a dirty job. Get over it. Wade into the sludge and filth and work until the work is done.
If one person (Representative Tom Coburn, 1999) can offer 115 amendments, ten can offer 1,150 amendments and 100 can offer 11,500 amendments. That would still allow 335 members (three-fourths of the House) to sit around and vote.
Musk’s outsider perspective isn’t the problem; it’s the solution.
