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Title: Senator Proposes An Unconstitutional Super Congress To Deal With Debt Ceiling
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EXAMINER
URL Source: http://www.examiner.com/finance-exa ... ress-to-deal-with-debt-ceiling
Published: Jul 24, 2011
Author: Kenneth Schortgen Jr
Post Date: 2011-07-24 19:26:34 by Brian S
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Views: 2777
Comments: 2
The ongoing battle between the House, Senate, and President over the upcoming debt crisis has led establishment Congressmen in the Senate to propose the creation of a Super Congress to create and pass legislation allowing for the raising of the debt ceiling. Led by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, and proposed on July 24th during the weekend debt ceiling meetings, this new bi-partisan gang of 12 would unconstitutionally allow for laws to be passed solely by the group, and bypassing what they consider the majority of 'regular' members of Congress. This "Super Congress," composed of members of both chambers and both parties, isn't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but would be granted extraordinary new powers. Under a plan put forth by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his counterpart Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), legislation to lift the debt ceiling would be accompanied by the creation of a 12-member panel made up of 12 lawmakers -- six from each chamber and six from each party. Legislation approved by the Super Congress -- which some on Capitol Hill are calling the "super committee" -- would then be fast-tracked through both chambers, where it couldn't be amended by simple, regular lawmakers, who'd have the ability only to cast an up or down vote. – Huffington Post This proposal and attempt to rob the American people of their Constitutional representation is a desperate attempt by members of Congress to supercede the legislative process, and force an unwanted plan into being. Just as many Congressmen reported in 2008 that the Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson threatened them with potential martial law if a bank bailout wasn't passed using taxpayer money, so to is this a blatent attempt to circumvent the American system to pass a plan most Congressmen and representatives, as well as the American poeple, do not want. Congress as a whole is willing to raise the debt ceiling if bi-partisan support of real spending cuts and fiscal responsibility is achieved, but to this point, the Senate, as well as the President, refuse to make meaningful progress in ending wasteful spending, projects, and agencies, and instead propose taxing the American people at a time when our economy and unemployment is in line with the Great Depression of the 1930's. It isn't shocking that an establishment Republican such as Mitch McConnell has proposed creating an 'elite' Super Congress to force unwanted legislation down the throats of the American people, but what is of concern is the fact that many members of Congress seem unwilling at all costs to cut spending at a time when out national debt has reached unprecedented levels, and when the national debt is higher than the total economic annual GDP of our nation. Should this new Super Congress proposal be allowed to reach implementation, then the government will have set the precedent that the American people no longer have Constitutional representation, and our government will have morphed into a Soviet style 'polit bureau', where a select few will make decisions for the people and for the country.
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#1. To: Brian S, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
It would require a Constitutional amendment to do this legally. That would never pass, so they're trying for an end run around the Constitution, as usual.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
What a stupid unconstitutional idea. Assholes.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: hondo68 (#1)
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