Posted on 04/27/2017 5:13:13 PM PDT by HarleyLady27
Perhaps it is valuable to reset the larger frames of reference and provide clarity.
Many, heck, most people think when they vote for a federal politician -a representative- they are voting for a person who will go to Washington DC and write or enact legislation. This is the old-fashioned schoolhouse rock perspective based on decades past.
Sundance is talking to those of us that read on Treehouse but I thought it was excellent information on how bills are made, written, sold, and passed...and why President Trump hasn't had any bills to sign as yet... There is not a single congress person who writes legislation or laws.
In 2017 not a single member of the House of Representatives or Senator writes a law, or puts pen to paper to write out a legislative construct. This simply doesnt happen.
Recap: Corporations (special interest group) writes the law. Lobbyists take the law and go find politician(s) to support it. Politicians get support from their peers using tenure and status etc. Eventually, if things go according to norm, the legislation gets a vote.
Within every step of the process there are expense account lunches, dinners, trips, venue tickets and a host of other customary way-points to generate/leverage a successful outcome.
But the important part to remember is that the origination of the entire system is EXTERNAL to congress.
Congress does not write laws or legislation, special interest groups do. Lobbyists are paid, some very well paid, to get politicians to go along with the need of the legislative group.
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The amnesty continues. Throw them the hell out.
I agree.
After Trump's first few weeks in office, he has provided very little political leadership on immigration issues.
In my opinion, no leadership means no passion for the issue.
The fact that Trump and Sessions allow pro-immigration employees of the Justice Department to argue anti-immigration cases in Federal Court tells me that Trump and Sessions are not serious about winning.
Some are getting permanent amnesty
Then cut off the 18-35 year old single men from all welfare, ssdi, food stamps, etc and they will take the illegal aliens job, working in the fields. Men will do the work, if there is no safety net for them.
Part II Why President Trump Has Not Received Legislative Action From Congress and What Can Be Done
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/04/28/part-ii-why-president-trump-has-not-received-legislative-action-from-congress-and-what-can-be-done/
Heard an interview yesterday with one of the Freedom Caucus members, congressman Sanford. He said the main sticking point is the concept of insurance being insurance.
A home owner does not get to get homeowners insurance after he calls the fire department. He said, we have to have a way to deal with a delay or something when someone has preexisting conditions. ACA does not work if you can get insurance once you have been diagnosed with a cancer that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to cure you.
He said they fixed it. Giving the states rights to decide to enforce preexisting conditions with a year probation or go ahead and sign everybody up that is sick with no wait time or probation. Apparently Freedom Caucus is ok with this change. It may create another problem though. How can we have health insurance sales across state lines?
I just posted part two...hope you enjoy...
Today, Senator Toomey of Pennsylvania flat out admitted that he did not expect Trump to be elected. His colleagues did not expect Trump to win either. The Republicans, who have all campaigned against Obamacare for the past 6 years, did not expect to have to actually repeal Obamacare.
Here is a link to the Toomey article: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/3567168/posts?page=1
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