Reply #1: this 19-year veteran should know better

[UpInArms]

I don't buy his bullshit:

"I would guess we all thought it was a housekeeping thing that would help our bosses but did not need to be elevated up to them," said Efford, who described himself as "dumbfounded" by the uproar.

He's "dumbfounded"? No, he's DUMB.

and also from the link:

But a reconstruction of what happened suggests less a sinister conspiracy than problems arising from the legislative practices of the present Congress, in which sleep-deprived staffers often take on much of the burden of writing major bills under deadline pressure, and legislation drafted in secret is rushed through both chambers before lawmakers, let alone the general public, have a chance for review.

This crap needs to change - and pronto. I say that if they don't read the freakin' shit, don't pass it. That's crap and no one is being represented by assholes that don't even know what they're signing.

Would you sign a contract without reading it? I think not.