Another Common Sense Reform

The more one learns about public funding, the more obvious a solution it becomes. But today we announce our support for another common sense reform: Congress should give themselves — and us — time to actually read bills before they pass them into law.

Now, this isn't rocket science. These bills are long. The recent stimulus bill approved by Congress allocated $789 billion over the courses of 1,100 pages. As Nancy Watzman of the Sunlight Foundation wrote, "This behemoth was available for just about 13 hours before Congress took it up-and most of those ticked by overnight, when most people were sleeping."

Here's what House Minority Leader John Boehner thought about the rushed consideration of the bill:

You can join the coalition of citizens and groups asking for a 72 hour rule at Read the Bill. Let's keep fighting for common sense reforms.