6,000 Page Documents Congress Passes Without Reading
The Coronavirus Relief Bill passed both House and Senate without anyone actually reading it and has been sent to a president who does not read. Rumor is he can, but simply does not.
It takes four weeks to read 6,000 pages
That’s on average, if you stick to it full-time and don’t stop to clean your glasses. The opposite of you and me, Congress saves the good stuff for not reading. I happen to love reading the late John Le Carre but if I were Congress he would molder on the shelf.
There is strategic purpose behind Congress jamming legislation
That strategy comes down to the good stuff and any fat sow (or member of the House or Senate) knows exactly where to find the good stuff. The good stuff is in earmarks. Earmarks are those tasty little bits of filler-legislation that keep the home fires burning where god-lost-his-shoes in bayou Mississippi. Little things like a new bridge and big things like an army base.
It’s all there in the fine print and there’s a hell of a lot of fine print in 6,0…