Do they ever "read" the whole bill or just hear what the proponents want them to hear.
I was reading somewhere that the entire "patriot act" bill was only posted on the congress/senate intranet for 15 minutes before they were to vote on it, and only about 2 of them actually tried to take the time to read about it. Seems pretty nutes that the legistlature would "vote" away so many of our individual freedoms without even reading what their doing.
