WASHINGTON -- Debt ceiling negotiators think they've hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public's unwillingness to let go of benefits such as Medicare and Social Security that have been earned over a lifetime of work: Create a new Congress.
This "Super Congress,"...
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell wants to discard the constitutional mandate of the House of Representatives setting the budget of the United States. He wants the President to have concentrated power to create his own budget for the whole country.
McConnell says Obama should be allowed to...
Just got an email from NRA as I'm sure many of you have. I think this is a great bill and I think we should flood our representatives with emails and phone calls DEMANDING them to support this bill.
I was hoping to clarify and discuss some things regarding the position of Speaker of the House.
How & when is the new speaker determined? I know that an internal election is held within the House. How are the candidates determined? How many are allowed to run?
I heard something...
I've thought about this before but I want to see what other people think about it.
Is the office of "President of the United States" (as we now know it) really necessary?
I think the President has entirely too much power. Granted, some of it is unconstitutional power. Why should his...
I didn't see a thread on district 5 Congressional Race (Dan Burton's seat). Feel free to add info on other candidates in that race.
I'd like to recommend that anyone in that district check out Andy Lyons.
Andy is the founder of the Grant Co. Tea Party. He's a high school economics and...
If its the legislature's role to create laws, and if they aren't creating, or reviewing, they are doing nothing? And we wouldn't want that... So by the actual existence their role is to infinitely create more laws. Which in turn will create a more strict and controlled society. Given enough time...
Here s a start to fix America got this in a email.
1. Term Limits: 5 years only and get their *** out. No returns.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.
2. No Tenure / No...