Ignorance is no excuse for you either
6. No bill may be voted on by the legislature until a copy of said bill has been made available to all citizens of the United States for a minimum of 48 hours. Such access must not require nor collect any personally identifiable information from citizens.
I can think of no better way to counter the influence of lobbyists than, as Woodrow Wilson put it, “open covenants openly arrived at”. Before a bill comes to a vote, everybody gets to read it and contact their representative about it.
Add an amendment? Post the revision and wait another 48 hours.
Add a comma? Post the revision and wait another 48 hours.
This also acts to remove the “I didn’t know it was in there” excuse from the citizens. Read and speak out early and often or you have no right to whine about it later. “We the people” can only get back our government if we are willing to put more time into it than just the nightly sound bites.
