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This is on point.

I'm Megna Chakrabardi.

We already know some Republican House members haven't read the bill.

They haven't read their own One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the enormous budget

reconciliation bill that will change everything from taxes to food assistance to health care.

Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Green came clean when she found out there were proposed bans

on states passing regulations on AI in the bill. She said she wouldn't

have back to the bill if she had known the AI provision was in there. Nebraska Republican Mike

Flood held a town hall where he had to admit to constituents that he did not know someone had

snuck in language that would prevent courts from holding litigants

in contempt. He agreed with his constituents that the policy was misguided. But here's the thing,

the truth. Hardly anyone had a chance to read the bill. Historian Alan Lickman recently said so that no one should be surprised.

Do you know how many pages this bill is, Sam?

Like that a thousand?

Even more.

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