>Rasmussen polls: Most Think Congress Doesn’t Read What It Votes On
Most Think Congress Doesn’t Read What It Votes On, Favor Putting Bills Online Well In Advance
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
House Speaker John Boehner like many of his predecessors has pledged that the new Congress will be more open and transparent than the previous one, but voters want even more openness than he has promised.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 11% of Likely U.S. Voters think most members of Congress read laws before they vote on them. Sixty-five percent (65%) don’t think that’s the case, and another 24% are not sure.
Just before Democrats in Congress passed the national health care bill last March, only 20% of voters believed most members of Congress understood what was in the plan.
