[Howlin]

It use to be!

Contract with America:


FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress;
SECOND, select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
THIRD, cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
FOURTH, limit the terms of all committee chairs;
FIFTH, ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
SIXTH, require committee meetings to be open to the public;
SEVENTH, require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
EIGHTH, guarantee an honest accounting of our Federal Budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting.




Which of these is a social issue?

[onyx]

I still have a copy of the contract that was either a supplement or a special section of the TV Guide.

[Dolphy]

SIXTH, require committee meetings to be open to the public

This is kind of a social thing...well, depending on if there were refreshments and maybe lemon bars served.