DownsizeDC.org | Make Congress Read the Bills Campaign

Every now and then there comes a campaign that actually makes sense. The "Make Congress Read the Bills Campaign" makes so much sense that I urge all of you to support this bill. The major tenants are:

Provision #1: Make them read the bills. Every representative must sit through a reading of the entire bill before they can vote on it. In order to vote, representatives should know what they are voting. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case on many bills including the Patriot Act.

Provision #2 & #3: Congress must wait at least 7 days to vote on a law after they've read it. Congress must give the public 7 days notice of when a vote will be held. How are the people supposed debate and let their representatives know how they stand on a piece of legislation if they don't have time to read it and respond? Democracy must not be a race. Errors will happen especially when the public doesn't have at least one week to discuss a particular bill.

I will be calling my legislator and writing a letter to the editor tonight on the subject. I hope that you will consider doing the same. I believe that this legislation will help the public and our legislators to represent us better.


http://www.downsizedc.org/read_the_laws.shtml DownsizeDC.org

Daley's Gun Control Efforts

The most crime ridden city in the state with the highest levels of gun control and Mayor Daley is still trying to force gun control down the throats of all of Illinois.

His proposals would put every single legal gun dealer in the state out of business. It would effectively make sure that it was nearly impossible for you to defend your family from criminals that could would be emboldened by the disarmament of citizens.

Let's hope that Daley is shut down again, and maybe one day someone will have the courage to stand up to him in Chicago and help restore the right to protect life once again.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0503160268mar16,1,6115270.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Here is a great article on failed gun control by John Lott called "Banning Guns has Backfired".

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lott/lott30.html