It seems the Democrats will do anything to pass the health care bill, even by not voting on a bill and sending it to the president.
No matter how passionate you are about a bill, go through the proper procedure, just as we have done for the past 233+ years.
Mark Levin explains it the best: "They’re going to present a rule, issued by her committee as chairman, that says that the House already adopted the Senate bill when we know it didn’t?”
U.S Constitution, Article I, Section VII, Clause II.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively…
According to Levin, James Madison himself gave special care and attention to this clause in the Constitution.
Levin: And do you want to know why? Because this clause goes to the heart of this Republic.
This clause goes to the heart of how our representative body, that is Congress, makes laws. And so I want you to [observe] how particular the Framers were… They have to pass a Bill to present it to the President…
This is one of the most exacting clauses in the Constitution.
And, to the best of my knowledge, which extends over three decades, no Congress has previously tried to institute policies without actual statutes.
Here we have the President of the United States and Congressional leaders actually talking about the possibility of a brazen and open violation of one of the most fundamental aspects of our Constitution and Republic! How we actually make laws!
Let me be as clear as I know how. If this is done, this will create the greatest Constitutional crisis since the Civil War. It would be 100 times worse than Watergate.
…It would be government by fiat… meaning there would be no law… the mere discussion by officials in this government is such a grotesque violation of the actual legislative function of Congress [that it] puts us… at the brink. At the brink.
This is why we conservatives revere the Constitution. This is why we stress the Constitution’s words have meaning and historical context and must be complied with. Because otherwise we have anarchy, which leads to tyranny.
This is a crucial lesson for those of you who… aren’t sure what your beliefs are, or if you have any beliefs. Or aren’t sure if you even care. We have an effort underway by the one of the most powerful chairmen in Congress, the woman who heads the Rules Committee, …openly discussing gutting Congress. Gutting Congress."
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/13/constitution-butchers-stop-pelosis-slaughter-house/
Never before, except for 23 times. 16 of which were done by Republicans.
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PS: You gotta do better than Malkin. She's easy pickings.
Well, please show me the evidence.
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ReplyDeletePublic Citizen didn't like a provision in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and sued, arguing that the law was unconstitutional because it did not pass both Houses of Congress in the same form. The court upheld the DRA and cited other precedents.
Malkin needs to be taken with truckloads of salt. She's an entertainer, not a journalist.
Thank you Jill and capper. I removed the part about it never happening before.
ReplyDeleteGood for you. Too many bloggers don't follow up on admitting their edits. I've made errors too. It happens to us all at some time. But it takes an adult to just admit it and fix it.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the follow through, Jill.
And to be fair, here is another view point: http://blog.american.com/?p=11467
ReplyDeleteAnd finally, if I make a mistake, i will admit to it. Unlike some liberal blogs I know. Eh, Jay?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more of Dooley. At least you have to admit Jay never deleted an entire post.
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