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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
it takes the house and the senate and the president to make a bill law... just a group of reps offering a bill that is NOT signed, does not make give their 'wish list' the force of law.

it will be removed.
169 posted on 08/20/2003 2:10:58 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2 (If we just erect a big, expensive stone monument... everything will be alright!)
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To: Robert_Paulson2
"...it takes the house and the senate and the president to make a bill law... just a group of reps offering a bill that is NOT signed, does not make give their 'wish list' the force of law..."

Power of the purse strings neuters any potential act of tyranny. It is a power congress weilds, carefully planned by our Founding Fathers for moments just like this one.

172 posted on 08/20/2003 2:12:48 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Don't confuse liberals with the facts.)
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