I was wondering how many Senators actually read the fiscal cliff bill they voted for in the wee hours of New Years’ day. Now we know the answer. It had to have been zero, because the bill was over 150 pages and they only were given three minutes to read it before the vote.
The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and budget score.
Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan. 1, 2013 – a mere three minutes before they voted to approve it at 1:39 AM.
The bill is 154-pages and includes several provisions that are unrelated to the fiscal cliff, including repealing a section of ObamaCare, extending the wind-energy tax credit, and a rum tax subsidy deal for Puerto Rican rum makers. (Read More)
Update: ConMom linked – thanks!
@lonelycon The RINOs can’t read anyway. And even if they could, they clearly don’t care what we think.
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Just as the Dim leaders planned. Take everyone to the edge of the cliff and then present a bill no one has a chance to read. Status Quo in DC.
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Thomas Jefferson would REALLY be proud of this Senate. The only question is how long it would take him to puke his guts out. This is “The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body” God help us.
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Doesn’t matter what anyone did—my own personal fiscal cliff is still there and they pushed me over the edge of it anyway. That little Social Security break–’the tax vacation’–is seriously meaningful to me in my current position. And frankly, no one cares. No one in the country CARES, as long as they get what they want–to hell with everyone else. And that’s really the root of our problems these days. There is no “in it together”. It is so clearly “every man for himself”. Sad way to end a Republic. Color me bitter.
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The senate is used to such proceedings, this is about the same amount of time they took with ObamaCare, an see how well that has turned out?
Let’s send them packing in 2014!
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Will some constitutional lawyer out there explain to me how this legislation is even constitutional? Article I, Section 7: “All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” This piece of garbage concocted by McConnell and Biden was no amendment! It was a whole new piece of legislation. So how is this constitutional, how is Congress getting away with it, and why is no one bringing this up?!
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