If we could add one amendment to the costitution what would it be (Page 6): returning the power back to the States to control spending, not lobbyist and payola schemes. Since all...

Owl32 Loc: ARK

returning the power back to the States to control spending, not lobbyist and payola schemes. Since all funding bills start in the senate the gov and legislators of each state will once a gain control the purse strings.
This will limit the power and Calf and NEW YORK, make them equal to every other state. Just simply appoint senators that can be recalled at any time. This was the way is was until the 1930's and govt spending was controlled...

Docadhoc wrote:

Difficult, yes. Undoable, not sure. It would be worth a shot. If enough people could agree on the parameters, but that is the hurdle. Maybe not possible but worth the try.

samtheyank

America Only wrote:

We need a amendment that allows for all democrats to be hunted and shot on sight.

You are mean and what you said is not nice, but damn it, I agree with you. I am beginning to believe that the only good Democrat in one that is politically dead.

ghostgotcha Loc: The Florida swamps

Rainrider wrote:

As we know a person can't just add an amendment to... (show quote)

Actually; this is one of the better lead in to a thread I have witnessed here. Kudo's

Rainrider Loc: Lovington NM

ldsuttonjr wrote:

Rainrider: Look back at the education the obama amin offered the American populous in 2007 with their hollow word "Change"!

Yet most true learning is done in the home. Children learn more form their parents than from schools. If parents aren't willing to teach their kids right from wrong, and show them what party is doing what, they will never learnd to look for the thing things that matter.

Rainrider Loc: Lovington NM

Proposed amendment to the constitution.

All members of both the house and the senate will sit only 2 terms in office. Meeting in Dc only 1 month out of the year, working from an office inside their respective districts for 11 months of the year. They must have an open line of communication with their constituents at all times.
The people of their states will have the right to remove any member, without impeachment, and or warning. To prevent voids, ever member must have a second in command, that can step in at anytime.
Reasons for removal shale be as follows. Member votes in contrast to the wants of their constituents.
Member is found to vote present when the people demand a yes or no vote.
Member, is not present for any vote, or is unable to fill the needs of the constituents. Weather due to personal interest, or a preserved conflict of interest, due to their work with lobbyist.
Members with have a starting pay set by the people, and must be given any raise based on the willingness of the people to give said raise.

Rainrider Loc: Lovington NM

ghostgotcha wrote:

Actually; this is one of the better lead in to a thread I have witnessed here. Kudo's

Don't know why you would say that, I simply say whats on my mind.

pafret Loc: Northeast

Rainrider wrote:

Don't know why you would say that, I simply say whats on my mind.

The reason why this is being said is that most of us realize the Congress left to itself will never eradicate the abuses that provide them with so much power and wealth. They will never vote for term limits and they will not vote to have the 17th amendment repealed. Many of the other reforms will also never be undertaken. It hasn't been discussed much in this post but we are all thinking Article 5 Convention of States to amend the Constitution.

samtheyank

pafret wrote:

The reason why this is being said is that most of us realize the Congress left to itself will never eradicate the abuses that provide them with so much power and wealth. They will never vote for term limits and they will not vote to have the 17th amendment repealed. Many of the other reforms will also never be undertaken. It hasn't been discussed much in this post but we are all thinking Article 5 Convention of States to amend the Constitution.

I am working on that very process even now as we speak. I think it will happen sometime in the next ten years. You hit the nail squarely on the head.

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

No amendment matters until CONgress takes back control of our currency, and thus the economy and "debt".
9 TRILLION Dollars Missing from Federal Reserve!
https://youtu.be/GYNVNhB-m0o

Federal Inspector General, Elizabeth Coleman Won't Explain where the 9 Trillion Dollars is! Representative Alan Grayson asks Her where the missing 9 Trillions Dollars.She says she does not know and is not tracking where this money is!

BTW; Who is the boss?
The federal government/US treasury Department/Congress, or the Federal Reserve Bank.

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

Rainrider wrote:

Proposed amendment to the constitution. br br All... (show quote)

I'm on board with that!.....Texas pretty much works that way (3 months I think?)

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

One amendment I would favor is that of reverting to state legislatures to select Senators, rather than the current method of statewide runs for the positions. I do support term limits for both the house and senate; perhaps three terms for house representatives and two terms for the senate. In addition, there must be a way to further reduce the need for our representatives to scrounge for money to run for reelection. This need goes for the presidency, too. It is horrible to contemplate a candidate spending well over 50 to 100 million dollars to run his campaign. Then, too, I believe Mark Levin has a good idea: let any legislation passed and signed be vetoed by state referendums and require 3/4th of the states voting no to end the legislation.

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

Manning345 wrote:

One amendment I would favor is that of reverting t... (show quote)

I've seen estimates of.up to $2 billion spent by Hillary in the Nov. election. Absolutely disgusting.

I'd like to see all campaigning funding stopped. Perhaps the primaries could have a cap limiting money spent per candidate but in the general I'd rather see a set amount of TV, radio, and printed campaigning allowed and nothing more. The time and space to be provided by the involved media as mandatory public service. Each candidate to be responsible for how and when their PR allotments would be used.

No more special interests buying political power.

All media are supposed to be non-profits and are to serve the public. Well, make it so.

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

The suggestion to have a new Constitutional Convention is fraught with perils since it cannot be limited in scope. Thus the entire Constitution would be up for change, and there is considerable strength in the Left to defeat change proposals that would be beneficial from a Conservative view IMO. After the 2/3rds of both Houses have proposed a Constitutional change or when 2/3rds of the state legislatures propose a change a convention will be called. However, I have seen no mechanism for selecting the representatives that would attend that Convention! Perhaps I have not searched this far enough, but it may be worth nailing down before such a Convention takes place!

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

There is usually a huge difference between the promises made during election runs and the actual execution of those promises once elected. Perhaps there should be some accountability for candidates to live up to their promises if elected. Perhaps a formal statement of promises should become a record of promises, and as things progress, whether there has been any real attempt to make the promises come true can be observed formally. This is done informally now, but the suggestion is to make it a formal exercise.

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

Owl32 wrote:

returning the power back to the States to control spending, not lobbyist and payola schemes. Since all funding bills start in the senate the gov and legislators of each state will once a gain control the purse strings.
This will limit the power and Calf and NEW YORK, make them equal to every other state. Just simply appoint senators that can be recalled at any time. This was the way is was until the 1930's and govt spending was controlled...

Any federal bill that generates revenue must originate in the house. It is why the ACA was illegal to begin with.

Spending? If you took spending away from D.C. they would wither and die.