Is this some type of joke? First, almost all of the proposals Congress puts forth is Unconstitutional these days. Second, but more important, why isn't this used more often? Why for just this bill. Why not for every dam thing else?
At this point its all about Boehner using trickery and deceit to push amnesty through and get it to Obama.
Because frankly, the senate rarely screws up this badly.
Generally, the Senate takes a house bill they don’t like which included some revenue items, and their first step is to “amend” it with a replacement. Then, whatever they do, they are simply “amending” a house bill, so origination is not an issue.
But here, they started with the bill in the Senate. So once they added revenue to it, they violated the constitution.
The beauty of this approach is twofold. First, it is a simple majority vote, without much time to mess around. Second, by declaring the senate bill invalid, there would be no bill to “reconcile” later. The senate would have to pass some other bill first. Which would likely mean the senate taking the house bill and amending it.
>> Is this some type of joke?
Why say that when arguing ‘Blue Slip’ is not used often enough?
Yes, sigh. We could take them to court for violating our constitution, but sadly as just, "citizens" we all lack STANDING to seek redress for our grievances against illegal acts committed by our brilliant, elite and fashionable noble class of betters infected with greed and power.
We have no party nor representation anymore.