Should politicians who introduce bills just for "show boating" or to "make a point" have to pay for the cost?

Question

If a politician introduces a bill just to "make a point" or for "showboating" with no intention of actually having it passed as Cynthia McKinney and Charley Rangle keep doing, should they have to pay the costs for having that legisaltion drawn up and considered by Congress out of their pockets instead of being paid for by the tax payers?

If a politician introduces a bill just hours before the end of a session knowing it won't be voted on or votes against their own bill it is showboating.

Answer 1

Very good Q they should be responsible for it instead of grandstanding and wasting our money on frivolous bills.

Answer 2

If we had a Real News Media, those "Showboaters" should be reported on the news and would then be ridiculed by the people.
The only News Media that's doing that now is:
Fox News and Talk Radio.
Rush reports these phony "showboaters" every day.
Fox News reports the worst of them.
The rest of the News Media either covers-up for them or, supports them.
It's all about Money & Power.

Answer 3

No. As tempting as this sounds no politician would ever admit to this; so how would you show this was actually the case and who would decide? Other politicians would simply use this fine, or the threat of it, as a way of silencing their opponents. In the end, like so called campaign finance reform, this fine would become the disease it was trying to cure.

Answer 4

Their exploits should be vigorously exposed by the media, so they will be tarred and freathered on election day....
(will that ever REALLY happen??) Try spreading rumors about them, the kind liberals spread about conservatives... that sometimes helps.