Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, speaks during a press conference outside the US Capitol on February 7, 2019.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted furiously about the short time given to lawmakers to review the spending bill passed at speed by Congress on Monday.
AOC pointed out that there was no way lawmakers could have read the whole thing, and said the process was serving the American people poorly.Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the voting process on the legislation containing the COVID-19 stimulus bill as "hostage-taking" after representatives were given only a few hours to read 5,593 pages of text.
Both chambers overwhelmingly passed the bill, and, despite her objections, Ocasio-Cortez also voted in favor.which said that provisions in the bill would make illegal video streaming into a felony."Members of Congress have not read this bill."