The Constitution frequently gets lip service in Congress, but House Republicans next year will make sure it gets a lot more than that - the new rules the incoming majority party proposed this week call for a full reading of the country's founding document on the floor of the House on Jan. 6.The goal, backers said, is to underscore the limited-government rules the Founders imposed on Congress - and to try to bring some of those principles back into everyday legislating.
The Constitution covers about four pages, including all the amendments. This is the law of the land. It was designed to be read and understood perfectly well by the common man so that same common man would know when his government had run off the rails.
I would like to hear that the next items on the agenda will be a full reading of the Obamacare bill, followed by a full reading of the tax code.
I would then like to see an amendment to the Constitution requiring a full reading of all subsequent bills before all members of Congress each time before they are voted on.