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Pete F. 11-08-2018 02:29 PM

How to fix Congress in one step
 
Now here's something you could harass (nicely) your Congressman about.

Everyone knows Congress is broken. There are lots of causes, from gerrymandering to the cost of campaigns to the explosive impact of social media. But believe it or not, there’s a relatively simple fix that the next speaker of the House, regardless of party affiliation, could make that would go a long way toward making Congress work again.

Free the House Rules Committee.

Few Americans who haven’t worked on Capitol Hill even know what the Rules Committee is, but it is key to the effective functioning of the House of Representatives. Since its establishment in 1880, it has been the primary means by which the leadership of the House schedules legislation and sets procedures for how bills are debated on the floor. Over the past several decades, however, the majority leadership in each party has used the Rules Committee to shut out the minority and often its own members from any meaningful participation in the legislative process.

The current Rules Committee has taken this to such an extreme that it has already set a record for issuing the highest ever number of “closed” rules—restrictions on the legislative process that allow no amendments and little debate—in a session of Congress. And the current session still has four months to go.

For those who long for the days when Congress “worked,” when debate mattered and compromise existed in the congressional lexicon, the impending change of speakership—regardless of whether it goes to a Democrat or Republican—offers a chance to change course.




https://www.politico.com/agenda/stor...ongress-000699

JohnR 11-08-2018 06:14 PM

I read yesterday and today you can fix the Senate by stopping Gerrymandering

Pete F. 11-08-2018 07:19 PM

I love the easy one step solutions
They missed getting someone to give up power
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scottw 11-08-2018 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnR (Post 1155021)
I read yesterday and today you can fix the Senate by stopping Gerrymandering

:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

Pete F. 11-08-2018 09:45 PM

If you read and think independently
There is truth in what people write
Not absolutes but paths that could be followed
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detbuch 11-08-2018 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1155069)
If you read and think independently
There is truth in what people write
Not absolutes but paths that could be followed
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This sounds like another one of your mysterious koans.

Sea Dangles 11-08-2018 10:00 PM

Fortune cookie time?
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scottw 11-09-2018 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR (Post 1155021)
I read yesterday and today you can fix the Senate by stopping Gerrymandering

same dopes upset about popular vote total in senate races, need to eliminate the electoral college and the senate and they will be happy....the bulbs are dim :hihi:

wdmso 11-09-2018 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR (Post 1155021)
I read yesterday and today you can fix the Senate by stopping Gerrymandering

huge fix winning more seats with less votes ... most people would call that a rigged system

scottw 11-09-2018 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by wdmso (Post 1155081)
huge fix winning more seats with less votes ... most people would call that a rigged system

wayne use your brain

The Dad Fisherman 11-09-2018 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by wdmso (Post 1155081)
huge fix winning more seats with less votes ... most people would call that a rigged system

Oh my lord, this explains soooooo much
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spence 11-09-2018 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman (Post 1155140)
Oh my lord, this explains soooooo much
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In some areas he's exactly right. GOP winning a slight majority of votes and 2/3'rds of the seats. Look at the courts shooting down recent redistricting...

Ian 11-09-2018 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by spence (Post 1155141)
In some areas he's exactly right. GOP winning a slight majority of votes and 2/3'rds of the seats. Look at the courts shooting down recent redistricting...

Senate isn’t subject to districts...
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spence 11-09-2018 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian (Post 1155143)
Senate isn’t subject to districts...
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Ha, didn't read the full thread.

Sea Dangles 11-09-2018 07:09 PM

Long week Jeff?
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spence 11-09-2018 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles (Post 1155146)
Long week Jeff?
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It was a long week. Thanks for asking.
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Nebe 11-09-2018 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by spence (Post 1155148)
It was a long week. Thanks for asking.
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Detach. ;)
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Sea Dangles 11-09-2018 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by spence (Post 1155148)
It was a long week. Thanks for asking.
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Unwind and take care of the things that matter. The political forum is not where you want to show your weaknesses.
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spence 11-09-2018 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles (Post 1155150)
Unwind and take care of the things that matter. The political forum is not where you want to show your weaknesses.
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I didn’t know S-B was your own personal Game of Thrones. Note to Chris, to win you have to score some points.
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The Dad Fisherman 11-09-2018 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian (Post 1155143)
Senate isn’t subject to districts...
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Thank you
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Sea Dangles 11-10-2018 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by spence (Post 1155151)
I didn’t know S-B was your own personal Game of Thrones. Note to Chris, to win you have to score some points.
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Ha,I didn’t know it was your Waterloo.I have not seen the show you referenced.
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Nebe 11-10-2018 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles (Post 1155155)
Ha,I didn’t know it was your Waterloo.I have not seen the show you referenced.
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Tits and swords. You’d love it.
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Sea Dangles 11-10-2018 10:43 AM

Violence and nudity is great but I am not the dungeons and dragons type.
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Nebe 11-10-2018 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles (Post 1155166)
Violence and nudity is great but I am not the dungeons and dragons type.
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I’m not either. But I love that series.
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Sea Dangles 11-10-2018 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Nebe (Post 1155167)
I’m not either. But I love that series.
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I thought you didn’t have a tv🤷🏽#^&♂️
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