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Congress is getting less productive
(www.reuters.com)
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Makes sense. It's a shame when these should be fundamental principals and accountability of the person's elected.
The concern for me is there would be those that act without conscience or care, the 'wreckers' that don't have any current policy or engage in rational debate, they're in plain sight already today and not being held to account?
I think the reason they're not held to account is because everyone else can just point to that individual and say it's not their fault. But with anonymous voting, acts of Congress would be blamed on the entire Congress, and would incentivize Congressmen to police themselves lest they lose their jobs along with the at-fault party.
Also, there's a lot of other bad behavior that individual Congressman can engage in that would be firmly pinned on that individual. Their words in committee or on the floor, would still be available, and their voters could vote them out on that.