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Write a bill to limit the length of bills presented in the House and Senate to 20 pages.

Created by I.F. on April 04, 2013

The length of bills presented in the two federal congressional house has exceeded practicality and has lead to the ability for dishonest elected officials to 'sneak' in legislation concerning a completely separate issue into other bills with ease. Supreme Court opinions are typically no longer than ten to twenty pages, and the length needed to interpret a law should be about as long as the law itself. Perhaps one budgetary bill a year could be exempted, so long as it is presented with a six-month inactive period to allow for congress members to read it. Shortening the length of bills will allow for a more transparent, efficient, and honest legislature and help to ensure that the US government really is of the people, by the people, and for the people.

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