A week ago, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) posted a video on his YouTube account that shows his floor speech in which he voices his concern with secret bills and the fact that the Senate passes over 90% of legislation without any debate, without amendment, and without a roll call vote."But I think it is important that America know what we're talking about here. At this point in the Senate 94 percent of all the bills are passed unanimous consent. 94 percent. So this is hardly a lack of productivity, and what this means is that 94 percent of the bills that pass the Senate have no debate, no vote, no amendments, no reading of the bill, no online disclosure, and very often, no score from the Congressional Budget Office."When I first took over the Steering Committee, one of the things I learned real quickly, is that whenever we're having a break, if we're going for a week like we're going this week, on my way to the airport, I would get a call from staff telling me there were dozens...(Read Full Post)