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I'd rather have them work/chat on their phones than pretend to be interested in listening to a manuscript being read that they have read before.
by konschubert 5y ago
I'd rather have them work/chat on their phones than pretend to be interested in listening to a manuscript being read that they have read before.
- martin_a 5y ago> that they have read before I think there's a problem here...
- konschubert 5y agoWhat's the problem?
- bonestormii_ 5y agoThe problem is that our legislators famously do not write or even read the legislation that they vote on. Sometimes it's strategic and intentional that a party will try to hold a vote on some 1000+ page piece of legislation with 24 hour notice. Other times, they simply don't care to read it, so they do not. Actual lobbyists write actual legislation, in fact. And our politicians vote on them without having read it. It's a really stupid system.
- SlapperKoala 5y agoA lot of them will be messaging their staff and colleagues. Frequently they get briefings and information sent to them mid debate
- cube00 5y agoThis is a point that is often overlooked when they are accused of not working. Each politician has an office of staff behind them collating and feeding them updates. They have staff in that office monitoring the chamber feeds as well. Disconnecting from that fire hose to only focus on the current speaker would not be as effective to consume all the different sources of information coming in during proceedings.