If you are ever confused about why congressional bills take so long to pass, I would urge you to do this: read the terms of use for any application or service. I just received notice of a change in my agreement from T-Mobile. Opening that document, I gave up scrolling by the fifth page. I just clicked, I agree.

The object of these agreements are to present every possible scenario to the consumer and absolve the company of any responsibility whatsoever. To put it plainly, to baffle you with bulllshit! Congressional bills are the same way. Pelosi did express it plainly enough; we need to pass the bill to know what is in it.

The latest bill before the congress and under review is the Save Act. Well, the one we are hearing about anyway. Just what does it say? Basically, it is attempting to say, you have to be a citizen of the United States of America to vote in federal elections. Of course, federal law preempts state law so it would affect those as well. And that is followed by all the exemptions, exceptions and possibilities that may arise in providing proof of your citizenship.

That portion of the bill is the terms of agreement and service. That is the portion everyone is arguing about. Good thing so very few of us ever read the terms of service agreements or thousands of companies would be out of business! How many “apps” would there be in use? How many lawyers wouldn’t have a job writing those things?

Consider this; the entire bill of rights fits on a single page. The affordable care act is 2700 pages long! The collected works of Shakespeare is anywhere between 1200 and 2000 pages. Congress routinely passed bills exceeding that. What is on page 1843? Who knows? Probably the person that is looking for some way to stop the bill from passing! Someone reading the fine print.

All of this is now being compounded by the redefining of terms we once commonly understood. Terms like, a woman for instance. Today congress can’t decide on that definition anymore. Define who an American is. Congress doesn’t know.

If you only broke the law once, you know by illegally entering the country, you should get a free pass on that. Go ahead and stick around, vote in our elections if you like, it’s all good.

The save act is just 28 pages long. Shouldn’t be a big problem reading and understanding exactly what is being proposed. But we now can’t define the terms. The save act is just saying you need to provide proof of your citizenship status.

27 of those pages attempt to provide you with a path to do so. They are not obstacles to overcome; they are simply requirements to be met. Yes, for some, meeting the requirements will be a bit more difficult, but a path is being provided in the bill. In case you haven’t read the terms of use here’s a link to them.

Text – H.R.22 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): SAVE Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

It’s only 28 pages long. How many pages did you actually read? Now imagine 2700 pages, are you reading all of that? War and Peace is typically 1200-1400 pages in English editions. 28 pages, the terms of use and agreement that Congress must decide upon. The signature is yours! That’s what you need to remember and understand. You are “we the people” and get to decide on that.