Posted on 03/23/2018 2:46:33 PM PDT by A Cyrenian
After today's fiasco, changes are needed. United States cannot afford this nonsense.
There's too much waste and greed for things to continue as is.
Congress has shown time and time again that it's out of control.
This country needs to clean up it's act and either give the sitting President the power of a line item veto. Or send the government addicts home after 2 terms.
What do you think?
Also, end federal government pensions now!
Both.
The USSC has already ruled that a law creating a line item veto violates the Constitution. It would need to be an amendment.
Or promise the members of congress they will receive the same pension and benefits that our original members of congress received.
Line Item Veto, would be really good, constructive change.
Where? When?
check my tagline.
The line item veto is probably the quickest to implement and most useful, as I believe it can be implemented by statute. Term limits would probably take a Constitutional Amendment.
And I would qualify the ending of federal government pensions to elective (and possibly appointive) positions. Leave them in place for the civil service positions.
Also, the USSC ruled that States cannot impose term limits. It would have to be done by the US Congress. HA! Fat chance.
Did you try to search for this info on term limits and line item veto before posting this thread? It was easy to find.
There will never be national term limits nor a line item veto as long as politicians can make their own laws.
I hadn’t seen your post on the line-item option, so I stand corrected.
It’ll never happen. The filibuster will prevent anything from changing, and the GOP will never win 60 seats because they never deliver. I’m not even sure a line item veto is constitutional or just statutorily restricted.
Really, probably our only hope is whenever the Democrats own Congress and the WH again, they nuke the rest of the filibuster to pass to pass cap and trade or a gun ban or something. Then we’ll have a lower bar when and if we’re ever in power again.
dump the omnibus process and go back to multiple bills
Line-Item Veto.
FreeRepublic | 3/22/2018 | Mr. K the KnowItAll
Posted on 03/22/2018 8:36:14 AM PDT by Mr. K
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3641620/posts
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People want to throw the bums out, but they always want to keep their own bums, especially the bums that have been in office for decades, because they have built up power that the people believe can be used for advantage to their own state in the form of pork.
Line-item veto does not exist.
martial law , governance by decree , more better . Abolish ‘Partys’
Sign the petition. We the People can put term limits on them if they aren't willing to do it.
Romanian term limits
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