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.

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

Post your short news items, issues of interest, links, and so on. All who advance the Cause are welcome.

LET'S ROLL!!!

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

Good morning!

[gulfcoast6]

gOOD A.M. CHAIR, RAIN HERE TODAY

[MozartLover]

Good morning Sir,

Clear skies here and a big ol' whopping 25 degrees.

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

EDWARDS: PERHAPS THE GREATEST SHORT-TERM THREAT TO WORLD PEACE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ISRAEL WOULD BOMB IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

And thus ends the viable candidacy of the Breck Girl.

[gulfcoast6]

TIS A RAINEY A.M. HERE ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULD COAST, BURISED BUT TO BEING FIXED SOON.

It was estimate that 2,000 homes will be constructed starting (date not given) to replace the lost homes during the storm. All this is being possible because of one heck of a Mississippi Governor, produces but does not promise and things not done like our next door neighbors. He will say 'we will' and they say 'funds not received) which is a bunch of junk.

Speck I will be watching 'WHO'S DA DADDY' out of Fl. never in my life have I seen a judge as this one and I have seen a bunch in my life.

The female type lady weather person yesterday said it was going to be 80 today, NOT, just in the low 70s.

Gotta run for now, time for coffee at the 'big house'. Oh, SIL is going to finish the barn shortly,
Toby

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

From yesterday--

Sheesh! What will be next? Hold an office?

New York city politicians push for non-citizen voting rights

[Miss Marple]

I have my annual visit with the heart doctor this morning. I am hoping that my blood pressure continues in the normal range, and would appreciate a small prayer. Thanks!

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

I am hoping that my blood pressure continues in the normal range.

Don't read anything from the liberal media...

Prayers offered.

[MozartLover]

Good luck with the BP.

I am off to play for Ash Wednesday Mass, then to the hospital for my echocardiogram. bbl

[Redleg Duke]

Prayers as well from here. My blood pressure medication is working well for me. Once my home problems are settled, I expect to go off of it.

[Holding Our Breath]

Thinking of both of you and prayers for you.

[OldFriend]

Weasley Clark has been uttering those same ugly sentiments lately.

[OldFriend]

Prayers that all will be well.

[alwaysconservative]

Really bad code here, so I have to catch up later.

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning.

[prairiebreeze]

Good morning, thanks for the thread Chairman. I'm posting and running trying to go practice some shuffleboard this AM.

Hope your blood pressure is well within normal limits MM.

Will check back later.

[Peach]

Sen. DeMint said at our local GOP meeting that we're on the slippery slope of socialism in this country. He said that national healthcare will destroy the country and capitalism.

And I think America has peaked and is in decline. All because of the communists in D.C.

[tillacum]

Just stay calm and just think happy thoughts.

I take cinnamon, 1 tablet every day when I think of it or every other day. It's good for blood pressure. Mine is 120/60 and I'm kind of chubby.

[tillacum]

I agree wholeheartedly with his statment.

Today I go for my second therapy session with my wrist and hand. Oh, yesterday was an eyeopener. Therapy today is so much better than years ago. At one point though, when my little therapist bent my hand back was a real butt lifter off the chair, WOW!, but it was short lived, I went on with the course.