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Pack the Congress, Not the Court
American Thinker ^ | February 11, 2021 | William Campenni

Posted on 02/11/2021 10:19:47 AM PST by oldbill

So how do "We the People" regain control of the government that has been transformed into a political oligarchy of less than 500 feudal lords?

We expand the Congress. A lot.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloggers; congress; democrats; elections; moredemocrats; notnews; supremecourt; uniparty
Democrats want to pack the Court. Maybe it's Congress we need to expand to break up the oligarchy that rules America.
1 posted on 02/11/2021 10:19:48 AM PST by oldbill
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To: oldbill

I don’t think so. They should not be in D.C. year around. that’ll fix it. Workload may be bigger but their time off is bigger.


2 posted on 02/11/2021 10:24:15 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: oldbill

I’ve thought for some time that we need to expand the number of seats in the House of Representatives.


3 posted on 02/11/2021 10:27:21 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Did you even read the article?


4 posted on 02/11/2021 10:27:32 AM PST by oldbill
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To: DIRTYSECRET

And put them in a couple of double wides with a porta potty


5 posted on 02/11/2021 10:35:33 AM PST by joshua c (Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv, natl name brands)
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To: oldbill

Term limits - not on elected officials, but unelected, permanent deep-state bureaucrats.


6 posted on 02/11/2021 10:40:17 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88

Why not both?


7 posted on 02/11/2021 10:56:54 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
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To: oldbill

1000 reps isn’t representative enough. Make it one representative for every 50,000 people, let each district figure out how and what to pay them, and only hold in person sessions a few times a year, maybe in a baseball stadium or something. It would depopulate the lobbyist and staffer concentrations in the DC area, make earmarks much tougher to sneak in, and disincentivize the fame and wealth seekers.


8 posted on 02/11/2021 10:59:52 AM PST by jz638
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To: oldbill

Any solution like this is moot without a plan by which it could actually be accomplished, while communists who have shown no compunction about stealing elections is in control.


9 posted on 02/11/2021 11:03:40 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: oldbill

I truly believe that TERM LIMITS is also another option. It would have to be passed by the states. We all know that the elected officials would not willingly cut off all their paybacks so WE need to step in and do it for them.


10 posted on 02/11/2021 11:08:40 AM PST by Eternally-Optimistic (anything is possible)
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To: joshua c

they could sleep in the parking lots...


11 posted on 02/11/2021 11:10:45 AM PST by Eternally-Optimistic (anything is possible)
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Finally, people who think like I do.

1:50,000 is or even 1:100,000 is guaranteed term limits for most reps. Plus, let them work from their districts. Then let the lobbyists do their thing in all 3000 districts.
12 posted on 02/11/2021 11:49:44 AM PST by tenger (And we let the Government padlock the church doors...)
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To: oldbill
I have thought for years that it would be a good idea to double the number of people in the House, but it needs to go further. There also needs to be a limit on the number of staff people each Congress critter can have.

In addition, the USSC has said we can't get term limits on Senators or Representatives without a Constitutional Amendment, but why not put term limits on staff members? We need to ensure that there is no permanent political class.

13 posted on 02/11/2021 12:02:25 PM PST by BruceS
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President Trump has options to turn this circus into a sh[t show and set up most of Congress to be vacated due to committing election fraud.

1) Call out Harris for not being a Natural Born Citizen as defined in Sen. Resolution 511 (2008). Neither of her parents were ‘... American citizen parents’ at her birth. Do so by asking for the names of her American citizen parents, as noticed in the Resolution.

see - link regarding NBC

2) If they still want to impeach someone, call out Obama for not being a Natural Born Citizen and remove the 44th President from history by impeachment.

3) Then suggest they impeach Joe Biden for election fraud for accepting an unqualified VP as running mate. Then they can impeach every Senator who voted to confirm Harris or Obama on election fraud grounds.

4) Have the FEC de-certify the Democrat National Committee as an on-going criminal enterprise for proposing unqualified candidates in past elections. Overnite all the (D)s become (I)s.

5) Challenge the seats of all members of Congress who voted to certify Gropin’ Joe and Kamalatoes and remove the ones elected in fraud-ridden elections.

6) After the trial, put up a ‘Help Wanted’ with the thought of firing and replacing 2/3 of all non-military federal workers. That would include the entire FBI, DOJ, and the arrest of all CIA operatives found stateside.

You can find the meaning of Natural Born Citizen here.

en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large/Volume_1/1st_Congress/2nd_Session/Chapter_3

Look for this part:

“And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, Also, children of citizens born beyond sea, &c. or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States”

That seems to be a painfully clear definition of what was meant by “Natural Born Citizen” to me; that regardless of location of birth, American kids belong to their parents. Just as foreign kids belong to their parents regardless of location of birth.

There you have it. THE GREAT RESET to MAGA!

14 posted on 02/11/2021 1:20:37 PM PST by RideForever (We are born to be tested ...)
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Your solicitation will get a computer-generated form letter reply...

That is 100% true. I have sent numerous letters and emails to linda Graham and Joe Wilson. Every now and then I'll get a real response. Other than that, it's form letters with a paragraph, if that, about the subject I wrote about.

A genuine surprise to that problem is my local state Rep Bill Taylor. He publishes his email address so you can send him a real email, not a form you filled out. His responses are prompt and to the point. What a difference!

15 posted on 02/11/2021 2:51:40 PM PST by upchuck (When it absolutely, positively has to get there, choose something other than USPS.)
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To: oldbill
Government is a lie.

Voters are too ignorant see through the gauze, the hype, the smoke, the deceptions to realize that everyone in Washington, DC looks out for themselves first, last and always.

Money is everything. Worry about the country? Don’t be silly. Oh, politicians including congressman X will easily and sincerely mouth platitudes concerning the middle class, poor, the downtrodden. Just don’t think any of the congressional or administrative glitterati, which includes their enormous staffs, would be caught anywhere near Section 8 housing unless it was for a quick photo-op at a nearby soup-kitchen.

The Confessions of Congressman X.

16 posted on 02/11/2021 3:24:12 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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