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To: one guy in new jersey
a corresponding, long-overdue, return to regular order through normal Congressional committee work, in terms of developing, and passing into law, an annual budget for the federal government

That reminds me of my favorite line from the Broadway musical 1776:

And what follows is a complete and up-to-date list of all the committees of this Congress, now sitting, about to sit or just having sat.

A committee formed to investigate a complaint made against "the quality of yeast manufactured by Mr. Henry Pendleton's mill" designated as the Yeast Committee.

A committee formed to consider the most effective method of dealing with spies designated as the Spies Committee.

A committee formed to think, perhaps to do, but in any case, to gather, to meet, to confer, to talk, and perhaps even to resolve that each rifle regiment be allowed at least one drum and one fife attached to each company, designated as the Drum and Fife Committee.

-PJ
8 posted on 12/19/2024 11:45:01 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

Yeah. That kind of satire is fair.

On the other hand, members of the House of Representatives need to be cut down to size in terms of the number of citizens they represent, and the notion that they really individually matter that much.

Congress, obviously (even though populated by abject CongressCritters), and of course not the executive branch, is constitutionally empowered to make (federal level) rules and laws for the rest of us.

With Chevron Deference forever in our rear-view mirror, Congress (most notably the HofR) can no longer freely delegate its rulemaking power, with overbroad mandates breezily granted to unelected bureaucrats comfortably ensconced in executive branch agencies.


11 posted on 12/19/2024 12:10:16 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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