House GOP 'didn't know' what was in the spending bill when they voted: report

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Maybe future bills should have a cover sheet with bullet points for easy comprehension.

Jon Conyers said it best in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 that House Members don't read the bills they're voting on. (I don't know if he meant fully or partially.) You'd think that meant their staff was supposed to read them and advise accordingly.

And I believe that these bills are purposely drafted in 1,000-plus pages to discourage reading and analysis.

That's how The "PATRIOT" Act got passed so quickly. The meme is "Pass the Sucker because I told you to."

One more thing: in Contracts Law, you are charged with reading the terms of the proposed contract before you sign it. You can't argue in court that you didn't know what you were signing unless you're an Infant, Infirmed, or Incompetent (Incapacitated). So House Members can't get away with ignorance when they vote. They had their chance and f*cked up. Of course, there are those who knew and voted anyway and then claimed ignorance.