Sep 30, 2009 by Bruce
Overwhelming number of Americans want Congress to post upcoming legislation online.
Eighty-three percent of U.S. voters, says Rasmussen, want legislation to be posted online in final form and available for everyone to read before Congress votes on it. Eighty-three percent!
After rushing through a stimulus bill earlier this year that even legislators didn’t have time to read before voting, and demands by Democrats to do the same with healthcare earlier this summer, it’s no wonder that voters are distrustful of their elected representatives and want commonsense measures in place to keep Americans informed.
Rasmussen didn’t ask me, but count me in as well.
I agree – an honest assessment shows it has been an issue for a long time – the Patriot Act really brought the problem to life, and it continues still (congress not reading the bills they pass).