Yes there are limits on how long you can serve in the military per paygrade, so why not Congress?
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I really like what you have proposed. I would recommend the following changes:
- Allow Multi-Page Bills: A strict one-page limit might be impractical for complex subjects. Consider limiting pages but allowing more flexibility depending on the issue’s complexity.
- Strengthen the Plain Language Rule: Define clear guidelines on what constitutes “plain language” and require expert review for compliance.
- Exempt Certain Technical Bills: Highly technical bills (e.g., on healthcare or finance) may require jargon for accuracy. Acknowledge and allow exceptions but include summaries in plain language.
- Set Realistic Effectiveness Metrics: Make sure success criteria are measurable, relevant, and not overly simplistic.
- Adjust Daily Voting Limit: The cap on daily votes might slow urgent legislative action. Include exceptions for emergency or critical situations.
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Great idea. I like all of it. It would be great if all legislation had a minimum time set for public comment to our representatives. Like proposed rules have for ATF and other entities. Also, if not already available, a way to be automatically notified of new legislature as it is proposed. Copy YouTube’s notification process possibly. Great job on this proposal.
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This is a must to keep spending and transparency clear for the American public. I voted for this one.
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I def agree. Bills should be no longer than 2 pages. They should be able to be understood by any citizen across the country . Clear and consice.
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I dont think you need to use AI. West Virginia vs EPA ruling will already clean up shop on the absurd amount of laws and regulations that are unconstitutional due to not being proposed and passed by the Legislative branch.
You can already leave public comments on legislation, at least at the state level I know. How do you propose this is different?
When the bills became written in a way that average folks couldn’t understand them or they took hours or days to read, that is when something should have been organized to stop this. However, here we are now and I hope this is the path forward to axing this mess…
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Totally Agree! Especially when it’s a bill with appropriations in addition to the annual budget that will need to be borrowed with interest or printed and add to the money supply.
I have one comment to add: Can we prohibit the intentionally deceptive names given to some of these bills in some way?
They’ll name a bill something like: Inflation Reduction Act but the bill has no concrete inflation reducing provisions in it, and the few provisions loosely on that subject were minimal in comparison to the overall subject matter of the legislation.
Or the Protect our kids act, which has very little to do with kids at all, it’s a 2A infringement attempt… but the name is used as a way to mislead the public and it shouldn’t be allowed or a disclaimer should be required at least imo.
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Yes, this insanity must stop 
! We need to get this on the table now!
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Well it’s at the federal level to start you can leave comment for matters that they have open for public comments such as regulations or policy changes but on legislation you send your legislature an email they don’t always have it up and they should be required to have every Bill they’re going to vote on it should be scheduled at least two weeks out and the public can also read it the during that 2 weeks that could possibly get in the way of them having a 2,000 page bill that they were given 2 hours to read and vote on so it could stop that especially if they’re required to have it on the schedule for at least 2 weeks.
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There have been several responses similar tutors. Great idea. Do you think this should be a separate topic?
This would be fantastic. You can’t hide extra legislation and other poor decision making in a single, plain language page. Well put together plan.
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I couldn’t agree more on this. I read ObamaCare when it was 1,048 pages before they revised it to well over 2,000 and then I just couldn’t do it again. It was a nightmare!
I’m with this topic all day long!
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Yes! I’ve always said this except a 3 page max.
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The metrics part
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All bills should be written using an online editing tool so that all citizens can access/view the progress of the each bill’s language.
Basically I’m asking for a publicly visible Google Docs app with functionality that allows for versioning and viewing which editors made each edit to prevent against paid-for politicians creating carve out s for their donors for who will watch the watchers if not us?
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Although I like this policy for the most part, I do see issues that could hinder getting necessary laws passed. 1st is limiting bills to 1 page, Bills need prescice language to correctly explain the issue at hand and how it will be resolved which could easily force it over several pages to get its exact intent across. Second is the sunset clause, sunsets should be reserved for specific issues that would require or benefit a sunset clause such as budget issues and emergencies. Something like adding a new state or adding/changing/removing constitutional amendments that would also have to be ratified by the states. Lastly, all bills should be read aloud in their entirety before discussion, and that there should be no time limits or limits to the number of bills, so long that all bills discussed that day should have adequate time to be read, discussed, and voted on to be passed, tabled, or rejected, furthermore if an issue is tabled, it must come with a valid reason as to why, can only be tabled a total of two times before it has to be approved or rejected, and it must be brought back before Congress at the earliest date possible after the issues causing it to be tabled should have been resolved. Issues deemed to be of great importance or a high priority that is deemed to need to be passed as soon as possible by the majority, but that contains disputed elements that needs resolved first shall either be rejected and rewritten for immediate resubmission at the soonest possible time, or conditionally and temporarily passed with the exceptions and corrections noted, and a corrected version shall be provided and presented for final approval at the next available date and time in session. Furthermore, issues passed by the house must be reviewed and discussed at the next available opening in the Senate to either be approved, rejected, rejected and returned to the house with attached notes for bills willing to be reconsidered if minor changes are made, or tabled and as before it can be tabled twice for either clarification or verification purposes, but must be brought back for a vote at the earliest possible convenience. We definitely need a more speedy yet thorough process for passing legislation so bills aren’t being left tabled indefinitely or lost to time. We have countless bills out in la la land that have been passed by the house and the senate has ignored.
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Just recalled another reason for single issue bills after listening to a political ad against my Congressman. If someone actually voted their conscience against an omnibus bill because they couldn’t support some elements of it, opponents will cherry pick another element of it and say “so and so doesn’t support veterans or farmers or what have you.
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I couldn’t agree with this more. We have to get to a point where the media can no longer say “republicans wouldn’t pass a border bill” when the reality is the bill sent billions of dollars everywhere BUT the border. One thing at a time please.
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