I hate to sound like Michele Bachmann, but sheesh!
Rep. Michele Bachmann was complaining Friday about whether Congress had actually read the "1,200 plus cap-and-trade bill that will impose massive energy taxes on businesses and consumers" — implying, of course, that she had read it.
But that's unlikely, if only because, as The Sunlight Foundation reported:
Today is the day that the House plans to vote on the cap and trade bill that has mysteriously changed this week. Last night, the bill changed again.
Overnight, the House Rules Committee dropped 300 new pages into the bill that was passed on Friday.
I don't believe for a second that even the most diligent members of Congress read entire 1,200-page bills — but even their staffs can't adequately vet 300 pages overnight. And watchdog groups have little chance, either.
Bachmann isn't all that interested in government transparency; she just wants it to disappear. But if you think effective government should allow time for someone to read the bill,The Sunlight Foundation has a petition for you to sign.
