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We also need a bill length vs. review time rule. If a law is too long for a representative to have read it (Patriot act, ACA) then Congress should not vote on it until they've had enough time to read it. I propose 10 days + (number of pages / 5) after it's been introduced to the public.
Five pages alone can require a lot of reading.
>SEC. 6. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ENFORCEABILITY. >(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—There shall be no judicial review of compliance or noncompliance with any provision of this Act. >(b) ENFORCEABILITY.—No provision of this Act shall be construed to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any administrative or judicial action. I'm not particularly familiar with the intricacies of self-regulation in the U…
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We also need a bill length vs. review time rule. If a law is too long for a representative to have read it (Patriot act, ACA) then Congress should not vote on it until they've had enough time to read it. I propose 10 days + (number of pages / 5) after it's been introduced to the public.
> (number of pages / 5) Five pages alone can require a lot of reading.
But bills often have more pages than days in an elected congress (two years is just over 700 days) so you have to divide out