Posted on 09/30/2008 2:14:03 PM PDT by Kackikat
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REVENUE must originate in House, and spending can be initiated in both House and Senate.
The point is the undercutting of a possibly good bill coming from the House Republicans. They are working on it today, so CLINTON/KERRY are scared and want to jump ahead of them to pass PAULSONS PLAN.
Please cite the constitutional clause that says this.
Doesn’t our Constitution require that all spending bill originate in the House? Clinton and Kerry are soooo irrelevant it makes me giddy. (that is the first time I have ever used that term) I saw J F’n Kerry last night and he has not changed at all. HE IS A LOSER!!!!
Having difficulty grasping the FLORIDA structure of gov..
By zip, I have a rep Franklin Sands, I emailed him to vote no.
I also emailed Senators Nelson and Martinez.
Am I correct?
TO QUOTE THE CONSTITUTION FROM SENATE PAGE
“Section 7 - Revenue Bills, Legislative Process, Presidential Veto
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.”
See my post #45
Here we go!!! Start calling the Senators.
Many Republicans are up for re-election this cycle and Kerry and Clinton are looking to pick up some seats by pushing this issue!!!
But is this raising money—or spending it?
So when this fails, tomorrow will be another day to buy stocks?
It’s why the Clinton years were so exhausting.
Good thing we had a Republican Congress in his second year or he would have been successful.
This is how they get around the constitutional requirement. Reid has already admitted that they keep around bills that were approved in the House and tabled in the Senate -- expressly for this purpose.
Well, there is one silver-lining.....McCain and Obama would have to take a stand - Yea, Nay, or Present!
I thought the House of Representatives was supposed to originate spending bills. This is a move to get face time on TV.IMHO
Actually, a power grab taken to the courts will remind Americans of the time Gore tried to steal the election.
I’ve already spoken with Senator Pat Roberts, R-KS. He is up for re-election in November. He does not support the bill as currently written (per his office).
I couldn’t get through to my other Senator, Sam Brownback. He was to run for KS Governor in two years so my guess is he will also be voting no.
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If that happens I hope they attach it to a bill that noone wants anything to do with. Preferably the Senate will wait for the New Bill that may actually accomplish somthing for the future of banking with constraints.
They are, in my one post I said Senate could initiate spending, but that would have to be put in an Amendment to an already passed bill by the House...or some other such nonsense.
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