Rep. Tim Burchett wants to see more transparency in the next Congress when it comes to the contents of a bill, the names affixed to legislation and how votes are recorded.
The Tennessee Republican made several proposals before the House Rules Committee, including a request that the names of bills accurately reflect what the legislation would do, that the estimated cost of each bill be made publicly available before a vote and that the House vote on each bill be taken separately.
He also wants to ban procedural bills from including unrelated legislation, forbid bills from being brought to the House floor for a vote without first going through its appropriate committee and outlaw substantial last-minute changes to bills before a floor vote.