Watch how our congresscritters are running the country. This is absolutely unbelievable:
"AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY AND SECURITY ACT OF 2009 — (House of Representatives – June 26, 2009)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.
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Mr. BARTON of Texas. If a bill for which there is no copy were to actually pass this body, could the bill without a copy be sent to the Senate for its consideration, having no copy?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The official copy will be at the desk. The Chair cannot comment about extra copies.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. The official copy will be at the desk. Could I inquire as to when that copy will be at the desk? Is it necessary that the official copy be at the desk in order for final passage to occur?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The official copy is always at the desk during consideration of the bill.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Then where is it, Madam Speaker?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. At the desk.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Is it now at the desk? Is it now–I appreciate the Congressman who brought it in. Oh, that is not it. That is not at the desk.
Well, while we research whether the official copy is at the desk, I’m going to yield 1 minute to the gentle lady from Oklahoma, Congresswoman Fallin, for 1 minute.
Ms. FALLIN. Madam Speaker, I have to say that I am outraged. Here we are getting ready to vote on a piece of legislation, and we haven’t even seen 300 pieces of this legislation. No one can even find the bill or even knows where it is at. And here we are talking about major policy that could change the face of America, that will certainly be a large tax increase to our taxpayers. And here we don’t even know where the bill is. I’m just shocked at the way we are running this House today before we leave to go on our Independence Day holiday."
The congressional record can be found at:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r111:FLD001:H07472
This excerpt can be found at:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2009_record&page=H7649&position=all