Campaign Asks Congress to ‘Pledge to Read’ Bills Before Voting on Them

Another reason Senator DeMint should chair the NRSC:

(CNSNews.com) – Members of Congress are being asked to pledge that they will read the bills that come before them before voting to enact them into law.

“We think the American public expects their legislators to know what’s in a bill before they support it and we’re urging legislators to sign a pledge to that effect,” Colin Hanna, president of Let Freedom Ring, told CNSNews.com.

When asked by CNSNews.com who had signed the pledge so far, Hanna responded with the following:

“The first two were two whose paths I happened to cross last week. And they were Sen. (Jim) DeMint (R-S.C.) and Sen. (James) Inhofe (R-Okla.). Read more...