On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:38 PM, David Bierce <<a href="mailto:david@bierce.org">david@bierce.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Shorter bills could be a side effect of requiring all members voting on the bill must be present for an unabridged reading of the bill, before being eligible to vote.<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div></blockquote>
</div><br>I find that a very interesting proposal. Seems like it would help prevent PATRIOT acts and such. Can anyone think of possible <b>dis</b>advantages of it?