"Do Senators Vote Anymore?"

The following are not my words, just my research.

The quote is from Parade Magazine’s Intelligence Report, of October 21, @007.

QUOTE:

In one recent week, the Senate passed 153 bills--without voting on a single one. Instead, the measures were “hotlined,” or approved by what's called, “unanimous consent”.

How it works: Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, and Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, agree to pass a bill.

Then each Senator is called on a special hotline and asked if he or she objects. They may have as little as 15 minutes to respond--and if their staff misses the call,the bill sails on.

While some of the bills just named post offices, others authorized hundreds of millions of dollars in NEW spending--$294 million over five years in ONE piece of legislation alone.

UNQUOTE

This is just about the most flagrant violation of legislative responsibilities I have ever heard of.

As to the 15 minute response time; There is no human that can read a congressional bill in this short a time, much less study it’s cause and effect on this country and it’s financial structure.

My personal feelings are that a review of such activities be entered into and all funding for bills that were “passed” in this fashion should be recended and forced to be processed through proper channels or done away with entirely.