Maybe require a summary page rather than limiting one page to the entire bill. An outline of key points. There could be specific details of a bill which must be included in the summary such as; resource requirements, intended & potential impacts, data results or projections, due dates, etc.
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Single issue bills and easy to understand language is common sense. Government should not be able to manipulate their agenda through another part of a bill.
I shouldnt have to go through 70 plus pages to find a border bill. Please correct this nonsense.
Agree with this recommendation and also add that there is a reasonable time limit for review and approval/disapproval. Can’t drop in the middle of the night and call for vote the next morning. Establish reasonable review time period before voting.
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Absolutely agree with this!
Could we the people not remove people from office after so many violations and hold a special election? Sanctions first, then no vote for a period of time, then removal from office if still more violations when voting resumes?
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I strongly agree to this . No more 2000 page bills. It’s a set up for failure for the people. No more middle of the night passing of bill. This all that’s being proposed is necessary for the people. No more sneaking in their interests and money! The people need to be able to read and understand easily for the commen man. It never made sense to me why they did it the way they did. I figured out it was intentional and detrimental to and for the people.
No one should be blackmailed into voting for anything for the people. That hasn’t worked out well for the people. If we find out our Congress people have engaged in criminal behaviors, they’re FIRED!
Must ensure all bills conform to Constitution and that any particular bill can only be applied within the limited jurisdiction of the Fed gov. Currently, only 19 services have been contracted from the Fed gov by the People within the organic Constitution of 1789. Due to technological advances we will likely need a few more. Time to END the 6000 or so agencies and departments for which we have not contracted and their bloated “employee” rolls. Fed employees need to be cut by ~95% and their authority constantly monitored (See Standard case SCOTUS).
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Make it easier for the citizens to address their Grievances if our leaders are not doing their jobs without lawfare, that most can’t afford.
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This would be one of the best policy changes for Congress that actually would benefit the entire country. With this we can track exactly where tax dollars are being used. A 2000 page bill full of hidden agendas is flat out stealing, period, and sadly, that is what it’s designed for.
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No more trojan horse bills…! I also think bills should have to pass a basic litmus test that we come up with to determine if they infringe on constitutional rights and if any doubts must go to the Supreme Court before it can be implemented or voted on.
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American should have 30 days to read and give feedback to the congressman before the bill is passed. Maybe, one day, constituents will tell the representative/senator how to vote on a bill and not the party or the lobbyist
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And they cannot vote present
Wonderful idea.
One page is good - however, they can provide as much documentation explaining the anticipated changes and their effect.
Whatever you have to do to Make This Happen!!! No more ridiculously long and convoluted bills where in order to get what you want you have to approve something else completely unrelated embedded or hidden inside as well. Sick of the old, you want to save that drowning baby? Sure we’ll do it, but you have to agree to blinding a hundred children along with it! Impossible choices. How did we get here? No wonder it’s so difficult to get anything done! Simple yay or nay on one little item. If your proposal isn’t stand alone worthy, we don’t want to hear about it!
I am for 5 page limit per bill being voted on. Period. Read, understand, discuss, decide.
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I kind of agree with this. But i think the it should be more like the 1st page proposes the bill and content that is being voted on and the remaining 4 pages could be more like cited work and statistics to back up the reasoning for the bill. Be informed while keeping the actual proposal to one page.
Excellently stated! Bravo! I agree, wholeheartedly with single issue bills for Congress 
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I support this strong requirement: Implement single-issue bills to prevent politicians from adding unrelated items (pork) to legislation. This will also stop them from using these loaded bills to falsely accuse opponents of opposing the main proposal.
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