Senator Jeff Sessions: "We can't continue to keep passing massive pieces of legislation"

NewsRadio 1290 ^ | 12 Jun 15 | Sessions

[xzins]

On Wednesday's Mark Levin Show:

"We can't continue to keep passing massive pieces of legislations and laws we're required to live under without knowing what's in them.

"John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and rest of Congress won't tell the American people what's in the fast track bill until it's passed and too late to take it back. By the time the fast track bill is passed, Congress will have unilaterally suspended the ability to amend it.

"This isn't how a republic is supposed to function, with no consent of the governed. "

[xzins]

On the Levin show, Jeff Sessions points to a huge problem that has developed. Congress now passes thousands of pages pieces of legislation that not even our representatives will admit to having read.

WHO is writing this stuff IF NOT THEM?

[xzins]

On the Levin show, Jeff Sessions points to a huge problem that has developed. Congress now passes thousands of pages pieces of legislation that not even our representatives will admit to having read.

WHO is writing this stuff IF NOT THEM?

[C210N]

I’ve always maintained that to maintain the spirit of the Constitution, legislation that follows in its footsteps should be no longer than the original parchment it builds on.

That would be about a dozen pages. Tops.

[Cboldt]

-- WHO is writing this stuff IF NOT THEM? --

I'd be surprised if a simple majority of legislation is written by Congressional staff. Most of it comes from outside Congress, with the source varying depending on the subject matter. I know the various enemy conmbatant/detainee laws came out of the White House; business-related laws likely come out of K-street and the various alphabet-soup agencies.

[indthkr]

Jeff Sessions / Constitutional Government bump for later...

[Theoria]

Some idea of the TPP pimps.

State Department Officials Pass Through Revolving Door, Lobby for Passage of TPP

• Andrew Shapiro, former United States assistant secretary of state, who is now managing director of Beacon Global Strategies. The firm markets Shapiro as having “made key contributions to the U.S. pivot to Asia by leading an increase in military sales and transfers to U.S. partners including Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia.”
• Jeffrey Bader, a National Security Council staffer under President Obama, who is now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute; “president and sole proprietor of Jeffrey Bader LLC, which provides assistance to companies with interests in Asia”; and “a member of the board of directors of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc.”
• David Huebner, former U.S. ambassador to New Zealand under President Obama, who is a partner with Arnold and Porter’s international arbitration, public international law and national security practices.
• John Roos, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan under President Obama, who is a senior advisor for Centerview Partners, “an international investment banking advisory practice specializing in independent advice and other client services.”
• Stanley Roth, assistant secretary of state during President Clinton’s second term, who has been Boeing’s vice president of international government relations since 2006.
• Stapleton Roy, a former assistant Secretary of State for intelligence and research under Bill Clinton, who is now a member of Kissinger Associates, the consulting firm founded by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
• Susan Shirk, deputy assistant secretary of state under President Clinton, who is now senior director of Albright Stoneridge, a “strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm” founded by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
• Tom Schieffer, former ambassador to Australia and Japan, who “founded and remains active in Envoy International LLC, which largely does consulting work on international affairs for clients on both sides of the Pacific.”
• Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state under George W. Bush, who founded Armitage International, a firm that offers “multinational clients with critical support in the areas of international business development, strategic planning, and problem-solving.”
• Randall Schriver, former deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs under Bush, who is now a founding partner of Armitage International.'

[Travis McGee]

Instead of one single 1933-style "Hitler Enabling Act," we are seeing the "Obama Enabling Act" in a series of stages leading to the same outcome.

[Rodamala]

WHO is writing this stuff IF NOT THEM?

Here is a hint:

[Cboldt]

Good list. I suspect the only laws originating in Congress are inconsequential things such as naming of post offices.

Even the budget originates with the president, as a matter of law!

[Iron Munro]

The real legislators are the lobbyists and the bureaucrats on the senate and house staffs.

They write the legislation and tell the senators and house members how they should vote.

Then the senators and house members take a few minutes from peddling influence and soliciting campaign donations to vote for bills they have never read.

[bigbob]

They do it because it works.

Who and how will this cycle be broken?

[olezip]

"We can't continue to keep passing massive pieces of legislations and laws we're required to live under without knowing what's in them.

Passing legislation without reading or properly debating must STOP today!

What ever is WRONG with the Republicans?

Is there no adult supervision in our legislative body? Is there no common sense in our legislative body? Is there no need for the consent of the governed?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Right, quit passing them. Just vote them all down. The GOP has majorities in both the Senate and the House. If the commie Dems are passing such legislation, it is with the complicity of the GOP. They have the numbers to stop any legislation.

[sneakers]

Bttt

[odawg]

“We can’t continue to keep passing massive pieces of legislations and laws we’re required to live under without knowing what’s in them”

A statement guaranteed to cause Cruz’s supporters to double down.

[Neoliberalnot]

What is really needed is massive reform of this government monster and the repeal of these massive freedom killers called legislation. Furthermore, those responsible for initiating these infringements on the basic God-given rights of man should be held accountable under threat of scratchy ropes. These tyrants have got to go.

[HarleyLady27]

...and when the Dems were there, we were asking: “What the hell is wrong with the Dems”...

I’m not standing up for either one, be careful who you vote into office....and pass term limits....

[alstewartfan]

God bless Jeff Sessions. Why in God’s name would the GOP choose to fight on THIS issue that NO ONE is clamoring for save for some millionaires and billionaires. They have cowered on defunding Obamacontrol, EPA and amnesty, and headed for the hills every time attempts have been made to reign in mad spending. But THIS!!! They don’t care if there is a Republican left in Congress after 2016 as long as Obama is given free reign to execute this secretive deal which CANNOT wait for another year and a half. Please explain!

[lakecumberlandvet]

WHO is writing this stuff IF NOT THEM?
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Short answer: Lawyers who represent world-wide special interest groups and governments.