The most useful government reform

Published on January 3, 2009 by

Probably the most useful government reform I can think of would be to have an unwaivable requirement that in order to vote in favor of any bill, a Senator or Representative must be present on the floor of the house for a reading aloud of the entire bill.

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  2. Gray Rinehart says:
    January 5, 2009 at 4:59 am

    I like it, Eric — anything to get laws passed that are simple, straightforward, and sane.

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  3. Connor says:
    January 5, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    Even if they’re present, they could (and would, no doubt) easily distract themselves with other work, conversation, etc.

    How about this idea? Require that all voting on the bill take a multiple choice exam regarding five specific elements of the bill in question. In order to vote on the measure, the person must get 4/5 questions correct. That would at least force them to, you know, actually read each bill before voting.

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