Linda McMahon: Congress Needs 72-Hour Waiting Period Before Any Key Votes In Washington
In her third direct-mail brochure to voters of her month-old campaign, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon says that Congress needs a 72-hour waiting period before voting on important bills.
“Only in Washington does it make sense to pass a multi-billion dollar piece of legislation that nobody, including us, has had time to read,” McMahon says in her four-sided brochure. “Businesses don’t sign contracts without knowing what they’re signing, and lawmakers shouldn’t vote on bills without knowing what they’re passing. It’s time for something different.”
As such, McMahon wants the three-day waiting period on non-emergency bills so that Congress and the general public can fully understand the proposals.
McMahon noted that the federal stimulus bill that passed in the Democratic-controlled Congress this year cost billions of dollars and was 1,100 pages long.
“Nobody read the legislation because it wasn’t made public until shortly before midnight the day before the vote,” the direct-mail piece says. “A few months later, Congress passed a 1,500-page climate change bill that was made public in its entirety at 3:00 a.m. on the day of the vote. Nobody had time to read that legislation, either. Today, Congress is contemplating passage of a $900 billion health care bill with no requirement that lawmakers have adequate time to review the legislation before voting on it.”
McMahon is running in a five-way Republican race that is likely to lead to a primary in August 2010. The winner would then run against longtime U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd.
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