Back in the day - oh, say, a year or so ago - it used to be that Congress would write a bill, Congresscritters and we of the unwashed masses would read it, and then there'd be a vote on it.
That is to say, in the dark middle-ages of - oh, say a year or so ago - the electorate and its representatives would actually know what was in a bill before deciding whether or not it merited passage.
Heck, they even wrote a song about it.
But that was then - oh, say, a year or so ago - and this is now:
"Mr. Axelrod also issued a warning to Democrats who were reconsidering their support for the health care measure.
�As a political matter, the foolish thing to do would be for anybody else who supported this to walk away from it ... people will never know what�s in that bill until we pass it, the president signs it and they have a whole new range of protections they never had before.� [emphasis added]
Did I hear (or rather, read) that right? Pass a bill before knowing what's in it?
Are you kidding me?
I'm thinking of an old Yiddish proverb.
[Hat Tip: James Taranto]
That is to say, in the dark middle-ages of - oh, say a year or so ago - the electorate and its representatives would actually know what was in a bill before deciding whether or not it merited passage.
Heck, they even wrote a song about it.
But that was then - oh, say, a year or so ago - and this is now:
"Mr. Axelrod also issued a warning to Democrats who were reconsidering their support for the health care measure.
�As a political matter, the foolish thing to do would be for anybody else who supported this to walk away from it ... people will never know what�s in that bill until we pass it, the president signs it and they have a whole new range of protections they never had before.� [emphasis added]
Did I hear (or rather, read) that right? Pass a bill before knowing what's in it?
Are you kidding me?
I'm thinking of an old Yiddish proverb.
[Hat Tip: James Taranto]
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