Do our representatives actually vote on bills that we approve or do they make these things up as they go along? Who makes this stuff up? I don’t recall ever voting on anything like this??? Seriously, what other bills do these guys make up to benefit themselves. Shouldn’t we all vote on a bill that we feel is necessary and then they can discuss it amongst themselves. Otherwise, they should not be conversing on such nonsense! Freedom of Speech is being crippled!
You’ll have to excuse my ignorance, I’ve only been political for about 3 months now so this is so overwhelming!
May I ask what brought this on? Did Obama have anything to do with the change in your political awareness?
I ask because we need to know more about how to motivate those in this country who are actually American at heart and believe our heritage is worth protecting.
And no, we don't approve the bills beforehand. If you can, find a high-school civics textbook from the 1950s or early 1960s and reach the chapters on the Constitution and the Congress. Meanwhile, the reason you don't recall ever voting on anything like the (Un)fairness Doctrine is that you never had the chance. None of us did. The original idea was that instead of having every citizen vote on every issue, we would elect representatives who would draft bills reflecting what we, their constituents, wanted -- and that we could trust our reps to vote on those bills accordingly.
The system, known as a "representative republic," worked surprisingly well for a surprisingly long time -- just over 220 years.