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Does anyone know if there is a place where representatives put their reasoning behind votes?
by rocmcd 9y ago
Does anyone know if there is a place where representatives put their reasoning behind votes?
- Something1234 9y agoIf there isn't one yet, there needs to be one. Our government needs to be made more transparent, and we deserve to know their train of thought for these incredible and large decisions.
- maxerickson 9y agoIf you somehow convince them to require it of themselves you'll just get page after page of disingenuous paffle.
- TallGuyShort 9y agoAnd it'll be done by some intern. Same as when you write or call them now.
- bmelton 9y agoNot my representative, bu Justin Amash, an R from Michigan's 3rd District, posts the rationale for why he voted how he voted on most bills on Facebook. To my knowledge, he's the only one that does it with any degree of regularity.
- matthewmcg 9y agoI don't agree with many of his other positions, but Congressman Amash deserves credit for consistently standing up to his party and fighting government surveillance.
- davidw 9y agoYou can contact them and ask. They're working for you, after all.
- ktsmith 9y agoFor the most part you'll just get a form letter with little to no information in it. It will also almost certainly be written by a staff member that has little to no experience with the policy matter in question.
- davidw 9y agoResponding to a bunch of people individually doesn't scale, so that's not terribly unreasonable. Still, if you call, it does a couple of things 1) you do find out what they think about the issue 2) they know that their constituents care about the issue.