Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on September 24, 2009

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is trying again to push legislative vote before House of Representatives can READ it

UPDATE, NOVEMBER 7, 2009: Promises? Promises? Don’t be so naive, America… this is the “hopenchange” administration… we’ll do what we always do: lie through our teeth, break the promise, apologize as sincerely as we can, then do it again. Lie, smile, repeat…
From Gateway Pundit: Flashback: Pelosi Says Not Giving House Members 3 Days to Read Bill Is an “Absolute Outrage” (Video)

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Original post: September 24, 2009

In a logical, fair, “gee, that makes sense” administration, H.Res.554 would not even be necessary. But in this administration, Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has ignored the request/demand of many congressional members to be able for them to have possession of the legislation before the vote so as to be able to actually READ it before voting. And to make it available for three days for Americans to read it in advance on the Internet so that they, too, are informed about the contents. Open, transparent administration… NOT.

Crikey, this woman is a runaway train of a nightmare.

Pelosi, are you paying attention? Because American voters certainly are.

And the citizens are beyond angry.

From The Weekly Standard:

A Novel Idea: Give Congress a Chance to Read Legislation Before Voting On It

Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised the most “honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.” Shouldn’t an institution committed to those lofty ideals give its members the chance to read legislation before voting on it?

We might find out the answer soon.

A bipartisan effort is underway to force a vote on a resolution (H.Res. 554) requiring the House to give members 72-hours to review legislation before casting a final vote. Speaker Pelosi has not allowed the measure to come to the floor and a bipartisan group of lawmakers (Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Brian Baird, D-Wash.), are trying to get enough signatures on a discharge petition to force and up or down vote on the measure.

When Congress acts without reading legislation, surprises often turn up later. House Republican Leader John Boehner said this today about the 72-hour bill:

The American people are angry that Speaker Pelosi didn’t allow the public and their elected representatives to read the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ bill or the national energy tax before they were rammed through the House. They have every right to be angry. Look at the results. We’ve lost more than 2.5 million jobs since the ‘stimulus’ bill passed, and yet after the fact we found that it included nearly a million dollars for Rep. Murtha’s ‘airport for no one.’ Months after House Democrats passed Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax, we learned of a secret Obama Administration analysis showing such a ‘cap-and-trade’ scheme will raise costs for American families by an average of $1,700 a year.

“Congress can, and must, do better. That’s why I’m proud to support this bipartisan effort to bring greater accountability and transparency to how Congress spends the taxpayers’ hard-earned money. I urge my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle to do the same by signing the discharge petition.”

Discharging a committee is rare. Doing so requires gathering 218 congressional signatures. And signing such a petition is considered a hostile act against the majority party leadership. So the prospects for H.Res. 554 –- the read before you vote measure –- are bleak.

Too bad. Seems like the most open and ethical Congress in history might want to do something this historic.

From The Patriot’s Mind: Congress’ Secret Plan to Ram Through Government Health Care:

I learned today that this legislation could be hidden in an amendment to the unrelated TARP bill, and would be set up to quickly approve a health care takeover without debate; let alone reading and analyzing of new health care legislation. (Sounds just like the transparent ‘Hope & Change’ baloney America voted for?)

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Additional reading:
Gateway Pundit: Flashback: Pelosi Says Not Giving House Members 3 Days to Read Bill Is an “Absolute Outrage” (Video)
Goodtimepolitics: Obama Sinks, Sep 07, 2009 and Obama to Address Union – Union Approval Low – Obama’s Rating Falling and Barack Obama’s speech to school kids draws fire
Politico: Paterson blames weak Obama record for friction
Steven Crowder, Big Hollywood: Lonewolf Diaries: The Obama Era is Over and Berkeley: Mecca to Liberal Idiots
Patterico, Big Hollywood: The NEA, The White House, The Lies and The Cover-Up
Lisa Fabrizio, American Spectator: Colorblind?
FOX News: Pledge of Confusion? Schools Wrestle With Flag Policy in Classroom
Just Americans Making Ethical Statements Weblog: New “Pledge” Policy being Pursued: A “Miranda”-type Warning
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Dragnet’s Sgt. Friday to Obama: “Don’t Try to Build a New Country, Make the Old One Work” (video) and Exposed: Laws Broken, White House Used NEA to Ramrod Obama’s Agenda, ACORN Offshoot “United We Serve” Org Involved, and More and Teetering POTUS See-Saw: Minus 13, Obama’s Lowest Approval to Date
Publius, Big Government: Is Breitbart More Powerful than ACORN?
The American Spectator: The People Ain’t Happy With the President
Alvaro Alvillar, Big Hollywood: Are You Artists or Propagandists?
Jude, Big Hollywood: Buffy The Integrity Slayer
The Washington Times: Revealed: Partial list of August 10 National Endowment for the Arts conference call participants and $2 million behind National Endowment for the Arts politics push

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