If I recall correctly, this was McConnell's compromise idea before the 2012 election that pulled the rug out from under Boehner in the House during the first debt ceiling showdown.
Give Obama a power with an unattainable Congressional override.
-PJ
The power of the purse is vested by the Constitution in the Congress and it is so vested that a simple majority controls the will of each chamber. This proposal seeks to control subsequent congresses and limit their constitutional power of the purse to a two thirds vote. Both features are unconstitutional.
This is, however, in keeping with the regrettable tendency to abdicate Congressional responsibility as defined in the Constitution to the executive branch. Obamacare, for all intents and purposes, says to the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, "go write a law controlling all aspects of health care in America." We abdicate the control of the currency to the Fed, CO2 emissions to the environmental agency etc. etc.
The Constitution has been abdicated away.
