The light of day?

I normally read John Cole but I missed this one. Jazz didn't.
Read The Bill
John thinks that ReadtheBill.org has the right idea.

ReadtheBill.org is a new national organization dedicated to forcing Congress to post all proposed legislation online for 72 hours before it goes to the floor of Congress. We call this the "72 Hours of Sunshine Rule". It is needed because Congress has degenerated into chaos. The House of Representatives still has a rule on the books requiring proposed legislation be available to members for three days. But the House waives this rule routinely and rubber stamps huge bills in the middle night, clueless of their content or cost. Senate rules are fuzzier but the result is the same. This chaos in Congress costs every American. Provisions and giveaways slipped through Congress are one reason that the U.S. has a national debt of $8 trillion. These sneaky provisions also invite plain-old corruption.

If we read the bills it may force our lawmakers to read the bills before voting on them. In addition our elected representatives will have the opportunity to find out how we feel about the bills before they vote. Like John I think two weeks would be better but three days is better than nothing.