A watered-down version of the Read the Bills Act, the so-called “72 hour” rule, would require all final bills to be posted on-line for 72 hours before coming to a vote. It now has 218 sponsors – a majority of the House!

It is DownsizeDC.org’s position that a) we are largely responsible for this rule and how far it’s come, and b) it’s not going to do much — we really need the 24-carat Read the Bills Act. Still, we support it because it was a nearly inevitable stage of progress that our opponents would try to assuage us with a watered-down, milquetoast version first. So we must pass it, even while we remind everyone that it’s not enough.

And so we ask you to please tell the House to pass the 72 Hour Rule. More