From one of our Facebook Friends: “…would like to get you take on the Congressional Reform 2010!”
Congressional Reform Act of 2010Target:CongressSponsored by: A Fed Up AmericanThe following bill should be introduced in Congress. It would be called the Congressional Reform Act of 2010. It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They believed that serving in Congress is an honor not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, who would serve their terms, then go home and back to work, Remember, Congress currently has the lowest approval of any entity in Government. Now is the time when Americans should join together to reform Congress – the entity that represents us.
1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.
A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms
2. No Tenure / No Pension:
A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system; Congress participates with the American people.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.
8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective one year after passage of the bill .
The American people did not make contracts with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
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Those are some interesting, and entertaining, points; but Congress would NEVER vote any of these points on themselves! The people in Washington, in my humble opinion, only care about power…they no longer are in touch, or care for, the American people. – - The Defender
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We don’t need more legislation to control Congress. We just need to follow the ORIGINAL legislation set forth by The Constitution. There are specific powers delegated to the Congress of The United States (Article I, Section 8; Article IV, Section 3; and the 16th Amendment). All other power resides with The States. The Problem is that Congress has bastardized these powers into what we have today: power-hungry career politicians who believe they know what’s better for you than you do. They have forgotten that it was The States that created the Federal Government, NOT THE OTHER WAY ‘ROUND! They have forgotten that their power comes from US! They have forgotten that we hold the power in this country and it is damn time we remind them of that! The people run this damn country, NOT THE GOVERNMENT! – - The Patriot
