Rep. John Conyers (D-MI): Why should I bother to read the bills I vote on?
Conyers admits that he hasn’t read the health care bill, because it’s just too looooonngggg….whaaaaaaaaaaa:
“I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill,’” said Rep. John Conyers. “What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”
Why read the bill? I don’t….maybe because IT’S YOUR JOB?!?!
From the Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Seriously, as a representative of a district, congressmen should know what they are voting on and, if they need help, they employ people who can help them read the bills and inform their decision-making process on behalf of their constituents.
Rep. Conyers appears to have disdain for this notion. It makes me wonder about two things. When the Democrats won back control of Congress in 2006 their proposed ethics reform package included a Read the Bill section. The committee with jurisdiction over the reform process was headed by Conyers. Did his disregard for bill reading leave this section on the cutting room floor?
I’d say that Rep. Conyers has outlived his usefulness for..well…anything. So, could the good people of Michigan do the rest of us a solid and retire his pathetic, apathetic ass? That’s be awesome.
Seriously, as a representative of a district, congressmen should know what they are voting on and, if they need help, they employ people who can help them read the bills and inform their decision-making process on behalf of their constituents.
Rep. Conyers appears to have disdain for this notion. It makes me wonder about two things. When the Democrats won back control of Congress in 2006 their proposed ethics reform package included a Read the Bill section. The committee with jurisdiction over the reform process was headed by Conyers. Did his disregard for bill reading leave this section on the cutting room floor?
These people are overpaid for their jobs, have a ton of perks, do not have to take this hleeping government run health care and he won’t read it? Take it home on the weekend, take it with you on your multiple breaks. Get another job. I do not want thhis bill or any of the other crap the dems are pushing, I have to pay their salaries and they do not even read this stuff? Get a real job guys. Better yet, just impeach the whole Congress that would be a huge savings.
Please sign the petition at http://www.ReadTheDamnBill.com