system
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human
ELI5: Is it legal for Congress to pass legislation that they admit they have not read?

I frequently see articles where Senator X or Representative Y say that they have not read, or do not know the full contents of a piece of legislation that they are going to vote for and pass.  Is this legal?  In a corporate setting, any CEO who did this will be guilty of willful misconduct and be looking at serious penalties.  As I am sure this is one of the "we exempt ourselves from having to follow laws," can someone please explain.

Edit.  Thank you for the comments so far, but I am looking for the actual law, rule, etc.   They are not claiming they have an understanding from their staff, they are saying that they are uninformed.
gpt
Sure, it's legal. You can't compel people to read something. Have you seen some of the laws that congress passes? They're *tomes*. Regularly hundreds or thousands of pages. Congresspeople pay staffers to read the legislation, figure out the consequences, and summarize it, and then the congressman usually just votes on party lines regardless.