From Harold…
Sen. Rand Paul explains in a video why the Senate’s approval rating is so low; they don’t even read the bills before they pass them! Howstupid is that?
Paul has a novel idea…read the freaking bill before you vote on it! If you author a bill, allow your fellow senators 24 hours per each 20 pages of the bill to review it and don’t try to slip in last minute changes after it’s been reviewed!
This is just common sense stuff to us normal people, but Congress has never been known for it’s logic. Now please check out the video link blow, it’s a real eye opener:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=svGDZOW-brA
GO RAND! – Rand Paul introduces Life at Conception Act in U.S. Senate
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/rand-paul-introduces-life-at-conception-act-in-u.s.-senate
At least we have ONE rep. with a brain and is willing to fight for us.
Peggy this bill should generate some interesting debate. Roe was a court decision that bypassed the Congress to create law. The result was that we never had the moral/scientific debate about when life begins. They got away with ROE for several reasons, IMHO, but the main two were that the science was limited and inconclusive in that time and the court, men, were reluctant to deny women an out. Rare, safe, and legal won the day as an argument but has not been widely practiced.
It’s time to have that conversation.
Asking adults, and young adults, to respect life and to take adult responsibility for procreative activity should be a no-brain er.
Jack I’m not sure anyone could have read and understood Obamacare…it’s the worst case yet.
But this is a problem that’s been going on for a long time. One solution would be that any bill has to stand on its own…no attachments. Another would be that our leaders must be subject to the same laws that we are…no exceptions. Another would be that laws have to pass constitutional muster before they are ever considered on the floor of the Congress.
Having been an accidental lobbyist – twice – I can testify that many of our elected officials do NOT read the bills! They have their staff do the readinng and then staff gives a briefing to the clowngressman or senator as to what the bill says. Many times, the briefing is slanted in the direction of what the staffer thinks, rather than what is actually in the proposed bill.
Next, our illustrious officials go before the cameras to pontificate about said bill, and vote in ignorance.
Unfortunately – just like with Obumblecare and “Stimulus” – the public AND those casting votes find out the hard way and way too late what is now the law of the land.
Maybe it’s time to bring those elected officials home to the districts that elected them where the voters have better access than lobbyists. They can vote or hold meetings electronically and the voters can keep a better eye on the fox in the henhouse . . . . .
I agree J…only I’d go a step further and gradually implement closure of the various departments. Politicians can keep their real jobs back home and go to Washington three months out of the year to address issues and grievances. The job would go back to being as it was intended…an act of service requiring personal sacrifice.
From the Office of the Clerk of the House: