AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 2022) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

Various News Sources and FReepers | February 21, 2007 | All of Us

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

As we settle into the nighttime of despair, fret not, for the Sun will rise again!!

Good morning!!

We, here, will never forget those who died on September 11, 2001, as we seek to protect the Republic from all who will do her harm!!

The Communists in power in Congress have amassed quite a record in their first 45 days toward dismantling the security of the Nation:

** Resolution nominally supporting the troops but condeming them for the war--nominally the job of the army.

** Introduction of legislation to provide reduced tuition rates to illegal aliens.

** Formation of a Committee to reduce the production capability of the industrial complex through carbon dioxide emission caps.

** Raising of the minimum wage to put people out of work, further reducing the output of the industrial complex.

** Introduction of legislation that would bar removal of an alien parent who happens to have a United States citizen as a child (note--this would apply to border crossers who come here to simply have the child!).

** Introduction of legislation that would require police to collect statistics on the number of times the immigration status of people were checked during traffic stops.

And there's probably more--the House already having introduced more than 1,000 pieces of legislation (source: Thomas database). And, where, exactly, do things seem to be going?

One piece of legislation is the "Congressional Lawmaking Authority Protection Act of 2007". This bill reads as follows:

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Congressional Lawmaking Authority Protection Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)

HR 264 IH

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 264

To prevent the President from encroaching upon the Congressional prerogative to make laws, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 5, 2007

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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A BILL

To prevent the President from encroaching upon the Congressional prerogative to make laws, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Congressional Lawmaking Authority Protection Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings- The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) The Framers of the Constitution understood that the power to make laws is such an awesome power that they intended it to be exercised by the most democratic branch of government.

(2) To ensure that the lawmaking power would be exercised by the branch of government that is the closest and most accountable to the people the Constitution provides that `All legislative power herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.'.

(3) The Constitution limits the role of the President in the lawmaking process to--

(A) giving Congress information on the State of the Union;

(B) recommending to Congress for consideration such measures as the President deems necessary and expedient; and

(C) approving or vetoing bills and joint resolutions presented to him for signature.

(4) Statements made by the President contemporaneously with the signing of a bill or joint resolution that express the President's interpretation of the scope, constitutionality, and intent of Congress in enacting the bill or joint resolution presented for signature encroach upon the power to make laws that the Framers vested solely in the Congress.

(5) According to a May 5, 2006, editorial in the New York Times, the current President of the United States has issued more than 750 `presidential signing statements' declaring he would not do what the laws required, the most notorious example of which is the signing statement issued by the President asserting he was not bound by the Congressional ban on the torture of prisoners.

(6) On June 5, 2006, the American Bar Association created a 10-member Blue-Ribbon `Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements and the Separation of Powers Doctrine' to take a balanced, scholarly look at the use and implications of signing statements, and to propose appropriate ABA policy consistent with the ABA's commitment to safeguarding the rule of law and the separation of powers in our system of government.

(7) On July 24, 2006, the Task Force determined that signing statements that signal the president's intent to disregard laws adopted by Congress undermine the separation of powers by depriving Congress of the opportunity to override a veto, and by shutting off policy debate between the two branches of government. According to the Task Force, such presidential signing statements operate as a `line item veto,' which the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional. The Task Force strongly recommended the Congress to enact appropriate legislation to ensure that such presidential signing statements do not undermine the rule of law and the constitutional system of separation of powers.

(b) Purposes- The purposes of this Act are--

(1) to preserve the separation of powers intended by the Framers by preventing the President from encroaching upon the Congressional prerogative to make law; and

(2) to ensure that no Federal or State executive or independent agency, and no Federal or State judge, can attach legal significance to any presidential signing statement when construing any law enacted by the Congress.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

(a) Limitation on Use of Funds- None of the funds made available to the Executive Office of the President, or to any Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5 of the United States Code), from any source may be used to produce, publish, or disseminate any statement made by the President contemporaneously with the signing of any bill or joint resolution presented for signing by the President.

(b) Application of Limitation- Subsection (a) shall apply only to statements made by the President regarding the bill or joint resolution presented for signing that contradict, or are inconsistent with, the intent of Congress in enacting the bill or joint resolution or that otherwise encroach upon the Congressional prerogative to make laws.

SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF ACTS OF CONGRESS.

For purposes of construing or applying any Act enacted by the Congress, a governmental entity shall not take into consideration any statement made by the President contemporaneously with the President's signing of the bill or joint resolution that becomes such Act.

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In other words--the President will not be allowed to even comment on any legislation passed by Congress.

For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.

[Miss Marple]

Good morning! I am in a better humor today.

[JemiansTerror]

Hi Mom.... I'm trying to be careful and not step on post #101.

You're right about Gail. She really shouldnt just fret over what she will do with her life. She has tons of time. How was bible study?

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 2023) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

[tillacum]

Always think on the positive side, even when our butts sag.